Dr. Yasir Hussain was born in the tribal lands of the Kurram Agency in the town of Alizai, grew up in Peshawar, and later relocated to Islamabad, Pakistan. With a love for literature, Hussain became a Fulbright scholar at the…
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Decolonized Mind
Tagged with: Albuquerque, Common Core, Education, ESL, Language, Literacy, Memory, New Mexico, Oral History, Pakistan, Phd, Research, Teaching, Transcript, University of New Mexico, UNM
Posted in Albuquerque
Posted in Albuquerque
Hope Stories
My journey to learn public history began with the March, 2014 Albuquerque Police Department shooting and killing of James Boyd, a “Homeless camper” who had been identified by nearby housed individuals as transient, potentially dangerous, and in need of assistance.…
Tagged with: Albuquerque, Archives, Community of Hope, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Las Cruces, Memory, MVCH, New Mexico, Oral History, Public History, Research, Transcript, Urban Space, Women
Posted in Albuquerque, Las Cruces
Posted in Albuquerque, Las Cruces
Bibliography
Draft bibliography shared with NMSU History Department in preparation for Hope Stories community event with Doña Ana County Historical Society (DACHS).
Tagged with: Bibliography, Doña Ana County Historical Society, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Learning, Library, Memory, Research, Writing
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Hope Stories Narrator Questions
Questions design general outlines and intentions for the Hope Stories project, a working guideline to consider how a single interview might progress. The Hope Stories Questions list seeks rapport with potential narrators, greater access of memory recall, and to prepare for…
Tagged with: Community of Hope, Homelessness, Hope Stories, Interviewer, Language, Las Cruces, Memory, MVCH, Narrator, New Mexico, NMSU, Oral History, Public Health, Research
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Mesilla Valley Community of Hope Stories
This project explores human rights, access to services, and city resources as seen through the experiences of staff, community advocates, and city officials at Mesilla Valley Community of Hope (MVCH). The New Mexico State University Public History based project seeks…
Tagged with: Homelessness, Hope Stories, Las Cruces, Memory, New Mexico, NMSU, Oral History, Research, Writing
Posted in Las Cruces
Posted in Las Cruces
Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)
The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) allows historians to display recorded spoken narrative alongside accompanied transcribed material on a single webpage. Many of the steps necessary to complete this process involve a moderate degree of digital literacy; however, patience and…
Tagged with: Archives, Computers, Library, Memory, NMSU, OHMS, Oral History, Research
Posted in Las Cruces, Sound
Posted in Las Cruces, Sound
records papers 