OHV Annual Symposium 2022:

"Oral History: Making it work through the pandemic"

Sunday 19 June 2022

10.00 am - 1.30 pm (doors open from 9.30 am)

The Salon, Abbotsford Convent

This year the OHV Symposium is a half-day, in-person, catered event designed to provide an opportunity to reflect together on what we have experienced and learnt over the last few years.

• How has our oral history practice changed?
• What do we want to preserve from pre-pandemic oral history practice?
• What new approaches will we take from our experience of the pandemic into our future practice?

**We invite OHV members to contribute to the Symposium discussions in advance by completing this short survey. **

Selected contributors will be invited to speak on the day in the form of Lightning presentations.

We will be meeting in the light and airy Salon at Abbotsford Convent, which you can see here: https://abbotsfordconvent.com.au/venues/salon/

Morning tea and lunch will be catered by the Convent Bakery in the adjoining Mural Hall. Dietary restrictions can be communicated during registration.

While the Symposium will not be streamed live, we will record the event and it will be available for members to view via our website at a later date.

We hope members will enjoy the opportunity to meet in person. Our monthly Skills and Exchange sessions will continue to be offered online, so we urge those who are unable to attend this event in person to make the most of OHV's regular opportunity to discuss oral history and seek guidance from our Vice-President, Professor Al Thomson.

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Programme:

9.30 am: Doors open, tea and coffee available before we start

10 am: Welcome and Acknowledgement of country

10:20 am Keynote presentations:

Carla Pascoe Leahy – on the ways in which the COVID19 pandemic has impacted the work of oral historians in Australia and around the world, as seen from her perspective as Joint Editor of Studies in Oral History journal.

Judy Hughes – on her first-hand experiences with remote interviewing during the pandemic, providing an overview of the technologies available and a perspective on the future of remote interviewing post-pandemic.

11:00 am Q&A

11:20 am Morning tea (catered)

11:45 am Members' Voices session:

Jen Rose: Summary of contributions to the Members' survey on OH practice during the pandemic.

Survey link to contribute your reflections: https://forms.gle/zNZmT8zRsynUJxFb8

11.55 Lightning Member Presentations :

Nicolette Snowden, Imelda Cribbin, Natalie Avenell

Panel discussion

12:30 Special General Meeting to

1) consult members on draft OHV constitution (to be circulated to members in advance)

2) approve revised financial statement for 2021 Annual Report

1:00 Lunch (catered) in the Mural Hall

1:30 Audio history tours (self-guided, optional) of Abbotsford Convent - link here to both Ngulu-nganjin (Our Voice) and Social History tour: https://abbotsfordconvent.com.au/tours/

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Please note the advantage of joining OHV if you haven't already, for discounted event prices. Membership also gets you discounted prices for oral history training workshops and the national conference coming up in October in Launceston. Join (or renew) here: https://oralhistoryvictoria.wildapricot.org/join-us

Directions to Abbotsford Convent can be found on their website here: https://abbotsfordconvent.com.au/visit/

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