Sundown towns are communities with a history of excluding African Americans and that are predominantly White on purpose. Although sundown towns have inevitably changed over time, a number of them continue to be alarmingly White, and their reputations continue to persist. Sundown towns are widespread across the U.S. and despite their prevalence, very little research exists on the topic. Furthermore, sundown towns were largely maintained through oral tradition. In this dissertation, I explore oral history interviews with community residents about the history of sundown towns in southern Illinois. Based on over two years of fieldwork, I examine how community narratives construct present realities of sundown towns in new and nuanced ways. I am also interested in how these narratives function. I argue that race is central to investigating the history of sundown towns and use performance as an analytical tool to understand racial dimensions in community members' stories. I examine how everyday community narratives reveal racialized performances and construct current manifestations of sundown towns. I further examine the process of translating these narratives into a staged performance. Ultimately, I argue that exploring everyday community narratives from the field to the stage allows a heuristic view of the living history of sundown towns. My approach to this study is deeply informed by critical performance ethnography and Critical Race Theory. These methods work together as modes of inquiry that enable analysis of community narratives as well as my role as a researcher, with the aspiration of social change. I enter this research with the agenda to deconstruct racist structures and add to social justice discourses. In this dissertation, I strive to create space for dialogue about sundown towns, race, and racism with various audiences and create possibilities for disrupting this history.

Orientador: Arlete de Jesus Brito / Resumo: A presente pesquisa foi nominada “Cenários do MOBRAL: caso de Araras/SP”. Esta é uma continuidade da nossa dissertação de Mestrado “Panorama Histórico do MOBRAL: operacionalização no município de Araras”. Em Cenários do MOBRAL: caso de Araras/SP, o objetivo foi verificar algumas práticas de professores que lecionaram no MOBRAL em Araras, interior de São Paulo. Os cenários aqui apresentados foram se formando por meio dos relatos que continham as vivências e experiências de nossos colaboradores aliados aos sons emitidos dos documentos escritos. Nesses, foram incluídos documentos oficiais elaborados pelos organizadores do Movimento, documentações cedidas pelo Arquivo da Prefeitura Municipal de Araras, jornais arquivados na Câmara Municipal do Município e também alguns livros de Matemática utilizados no MOBRAL, localizados na Fundação Biblioteca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, além do diário de campo e as canções que fizeram parte da composição do trabalho. Dentre tantos autores escolhidos para o aprofundamento de leituras, sendo todos os outros não menos importantes, estão: Elias (1998), Hobsbawn (2005), Freire (1983), Freire (1987), Freire (1996), Alberti (2004), Adorno (1995), Freitas (2006), Paiva (1987) e Romanelli (1983). Por meio do aporte teórico metodológico História Oral, foram realizadas entrevistas com cinco professores e duas alunas partícipes do MOBRAL no Município de Araras nas décadas de 1960-1980. A análise foi realizada por meio da triangulação de dados, em que pude... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The present research was named "Scenarios of MOBRAL: Araras/SP case". This is a continuation of our master dissertation "Historical Background of MOBRAL: operationalization in the municipality of Araras". In MOBRAL Scenarios: the case of Araras/SP, the objective was to verify how some practices of teachers who taught at MOBRAL in Araras, interior of São Paulo, developed. The scenarios presented here were formed through the reports that contained the experiences and experiences of our collaborators allied to the sounds emitted from the written documents. These included the official documents prepared by the organizers of the Movement, documentation provided by the Archive of the Municipality of Araras, newspapers filed in the city council and also some books of Mathematics used in MOBRAL, located in the National Library Foundation of Rio de Janeiro. of the field diary and the songs that were part of the composition of the work. Among the many authors chosen to deepen the reading, all others being no less important, we can cite: Elias (1998), Hobsbawn (2005), Freire (1983), Freire (1987), Freire, Adorno (1995), Freitas (206), Paiva (1987), and Romanelli (1983). Through the methodological oral history methodological contribution, interviews were conducted with five teachers and two female students of MOBRAL in the Municipality of Araras in the 1960-1980. The analysis was performed through data triangulation, in which we could perceive the repercussion of another MOBRAL in this s... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Orientador: Paulo Roberto Teixeira de Godoy / Resumo: Os imigrantes e descendentes de alemães do município de Rio Claro – SP na primeira metade do Século XX, sofreram, assim como os alemães do Sul, problemas referentes à construção do inimigo durante as Guerras Mundiais, significando um período de perseguição e preconceito por eles sofridos, cuja intensidade fora escalada não somente pelo governo varguista, mas também pela população ao terem acesso a boatos e falsidades a respeito desse conjunto étnico no Brasil. Para sabermos as histórias que tais imigrantes e descendentes viveram nesse período, a pesquisa utiliza da metodologia da História Oral, a qual através da gravação de relatos daqueles que viveram o período ou a quem fora passadas as histórias, torna-se possível o acesso a uma fonte documental que, devido à consequências naturais da passagem do tempo e da memória, poderiam ser perdidas. Desse modo, em conjunção à metodologia da História Oral, é utilizado uma mescla de teorias e metodologias, as quais visam uma melhor leitura das entrevistas e da situação desta etnia, para tanto, o estudo do relato é abordado através dos conceitos bakhtinianos de “dialogismo”, “vozes do discurso” e “gêneros discursivos” em união à sociologia do corpo de David Le Breton; quanto à sua etnia e identidade os conceitos de “habitus” de Norbert Elias e “etnicidade” de Fredrik Barth são utilizados e, para quando a etnia foi estigmatizada é usado os estudos de Irving Goffman para a compreensão de quando sua identidade fora atacada; além do uso da ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The German Immigrants and their descendants from the municipality of Rio Claro - SP in the first half of the twentieth century suffered, as did the southern brazillian Germans, problems regarding the construction of the enemy during the World Wars, meaning a period of persecution and prejudice suffered by them, whose intensity was scaled not only by the Vargas government, but also by the population when they had access to rumors and falsities about this ethnic group in Brazil. To know the stories that such immigrants and descendants lived in this period, the research utilizes the methodology of Oral History, which through the recording of reports of those who lived the period or who were told the stories, it is possible to access a source that, due to the natural consequences of the passage of time and memory, could be lost. Thus, in conjunction with the methodology of Oral History, a mixture of theories and methodologies is used, which aim a better reading of the interviews and the situation of this ethnic group. Therefore, the study of the oral report is approached through Bakhtinian concepts of “dialogism”, “Voices of discourse” and “discursive genres” in union with the sociology of the body of David Le Breton; As for their ethnicity and identity Norbert Elias's concepts of “habitus” and Fredrik Barth's “ethnicity” are used, and for when ethnicity was stigmatized Irving Goffman's studies were used to understand when their identity was attacked; and the use of Halbwachs' Co... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

For the theme of my dissertation I chose a emigration to Austria from communist Czechoslovakia druing the eighties of the twentieth century. The aim of this work is to make a interpretation of emigration and exile in this period and uncover the life stories of three generations of one family which was affected by this experience with the application of oral historical research on selected emigrants in Austria and with the use of other archival sources. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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The aim of the work is to extend the hitherto superficial knowledge of the history and development of the profession of Czech film stuntmen, from the 1960s to the post- revolutionary period with overlapping to the present. Using the oral history method (combined with available sources), the work will focus on professional development. Attention will be paid to the creation of a profession as such, key films or contacts with foreign productions. Other subtopics include stunt training, stunt equipment, or a woman's view of this predominantly male occupation. Topics will be reflected in pre- revolutionary and post-revolutionary years. Subsequently, the stumbling block will be evaluated by the greatest professional differences that have occurred over the years.. Key words: Stuntmen, horses, filming, oral history, dangers

In this thesis, I present Dilia, the Theater and Literary Agency, at the time of so-called normalization from the perspective of its employees. On the basis of available documentation, the organization's history from the beginning of 1949 until 1990 (a time of revolutionary societal changes) is mapped. Then I describe the organizational structure and different scope of work of each department and afterwards I turn back to the history again, this time with the focus on historical events, especially during the time of so-called normalization. I present the events as they were related to corresponding changes in directorship. In this thesis, I discover on the background of the era how the former employees recall their everyday life. I recall the employees' recollections of everyday life, working and private, in the context of the era. These recollections include forced membership in social organizations. Ultimately, they assess their their lives the vantage of today.

This thesis will focus on the International Women's Day celebration - a holiday whose present perception is strongly influenced by distinct ideology before 1989. The thesis will reflect its perception by the views of three generations of one family. The main part of the work will focus on the analysis of collective memory and family recollection of a particular event in a specific family due to generational differences.

Sports spectators is free entertainment for millions of people around the world. Here I will focus on football spectators who have in their heart the club SK Slavia Praha, who is one of the oldest football club in our country and have a fan base. As the name suggests, I will be interested in the phenomenon of a football fan, which differs from the viewer, among other things, that he identifies with his club. The main aspect of this work will be a comparison of two historical sections, the period before and after the fall of the communist regime in 1989 and Police supervision is connected. I will also be interested in the relationship to the biggest rival within AC Sparta Praha, or the possibility of club artifacts, which are now available in a wealth of, but always be. Even fans have their asociations. Aside from the fact that they are associated fan support such as an expert and tribune, which have great influence as a club support and at the end of the work focusing on their relationship to the club, why they chose Slavia and what it means for them. For this work I chose the method of qualitative research, which oral history and field research, which I found due to the nature of the work appropriate. Key words: sports spectators, SK Slavia Praha, football fans, oral history

This diploma thesis is working with the method of grounded theory and aims by means of interdisciplinary synthesis contributing to the enrichment of values for researchers practicing the method of oral history, who's become its current representatives. Diploma thesis that is based on the premise that connection of historical sciences and psychologies or practical psychotherapy (which have a certain ethical-moral appeal and have a broader knowledge of the human soul) could be enriching for the practice of oral history. Research of psychological and psychotherapeutic approaches to the practice of oral history is not just a theoretical self-synthesis, but the work is enriched by practical experiences from clinical practice of auxiliary specialists (psychologists and therapists), who were asked about theoretical questions firstly, then about few questions about trauma presence in typical interviews with four narrator. Narrator`s participate in project "Memory of the Nation" and it is possible to assume potential existence of trauma inside them - looking at their life experiences. Uncut version of the material - without proofreading contains the potential inventions of the interviewers. One of the starting point of the work is that part of the population met with trauma (means a strong stressor) in...