| 1.Course introduction |
| 2.What is oral history and personal narrative? |
| 3.Personal experience narrated and public history |
| 4.Narrative and Japan's World War II generation: recurring discourses-1 |
| 5.Narrative and Japan's World War II generation: recurring discourses-2 |
| 6.Narrative and Japan's World War II generation: recurring discourses-3 |
| 7.Narrative and Japan's World War II generation: recurring discourses-4 |
| 8.Documentary film - "Old Soldiers: Life After Sugamo" - Discussion |
| 9.Personal narrative studies: giving voice and venue-1 |
| 10.Personal narrative studies: giving voice and venue-2 |
| 11.Personal narrative studies: giving voice and venue-3 |
| 12.Using oral history in research and writing |
| 13.Questions of truth |
| 14.Critical developments in oral history and personal narrative studies |
| 15.What makes oral history different? |
| 16.Preserving oral narratives in archives and libraries |
| 17.Organizing and presenting an oral narrative research project: digital technologies and "seamless" documentaries |
| 18.Reflexive methods and oral narrative research |
| 19.Voice, ear, and text: words, meaning, and transcription |
| 20.Impermanence and permanence: 'What The Wind Won't Take Away': The Genesis of Nisa - The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman and the work of Marjorie Shostak |
| 21.Documentary film: Hiroo Onoda, Japanese World War II survivor |
| 22.Reminiscence and narrative - multiplicity of sources; confrontation of partialities |
| 23.Reminiscence and narrative - interpreting memories |
| 24.Reminiscence and narrative - shaping selves, shaping lives |
| 25.Reminiscence and narrative - re-inscribing memories |
| 26.Reminiscence and narrative - inferring lives from memories |
| 27.Documentary video of personal narrative: "field film" |
| 28.Semester project presentations-1 |
| 29.Semester project presentations-2 |
| 30.Semester project presentations-3 |