Guha Shankar's guest appearances

Guha Shankar

Asian Ethnology Podcast

Teaching Hard History

Archives In Context

Jennifer Johnson

Liz Kleinrock

Jim Crow

Courtland Cox

Dom Flemons

Davia Nelson

Hakeem Jeffries

Charles McKinney

Bob Clark

Deirdre Cooper Owens

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

John Powers

Paul Finkelman

Edward E. Baptist

Kate Shuster

OwlTail

Danna Bell

Danna BellGuha Shankar Cohosts Nicole Milano and JoyEllen Williams interview Educational Resource Specialist Danna Bell and Folklife Specialist Guha Shankar from the Library of Congress. During this conversation, Bell and Shankar discuss the intersection of archives, community, and education, specifically addressing how the country’s renewed focus on social justice impacts their work at the Library of Congress.  Episode Extras Check out some of the resources that Bell and Shankar mention, including the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog and the American Folklife Center’s Civil Rights History Project.

<ul><li><a href="https://archivesincontext.archivists.org/?attachment_id=1022#main" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Danna Bell</li><li><a href="https://archivesincontext.archivists.org/?attachment_id=1023#main" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Guha Shankar</li></ul> Cohosts Nicole Milano and JoyEllen Williams interview Educational Resource Specialist Danna Bell and Folklife Specialist Guha Shankar from the Library of Congress. During this conversation, Bell and Shankar discuss the intersection of archives, community, and education, specifically addressing how the country’s renewed focus on social justice impacts their work at the Library of Congress.  <h4>Episode Extras</h4> Check out some of the resources that Bell and Shankar mention, including the <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teaching with the Library of Congress blog</a> and the American Folklife Center’s <a href="https://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Civil Rights History Project.</a>

Season 5, Episode 6: Archives, Community, and Education at the Library of Congress with Danna Bell and Guha Shankar

Todd Moye

Noelle Trent

Oral histories, historic sites, archives and museums expand students’ understanding of the past. They fill in gaps in our textbooks—complementing what’s included and capturing what’s not. This episode highlights online oral history collections including the Civil Rights History Project. It offers recommendations for students conducting their own oral histories. And it explores resources from the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Our latest Spotify playlist has even more Movement Music inspired by this episode.  New For Educators  Get a professional development certificate for listening to this episode—issued by Learning for Justice. Listen for the special code word, then visit learningforjustice.org/podcastpd. And visit the enhanced episode transcript for additional classroom resources about using primary sources to teach the Black freedom struggle.

Oral histories, historic sites, archives and museums expand students’ understanding of the past. They fill in gaps in our textbooks—complementing what’s included and capturing what’s not. This episode highlights online oral history collections including the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Civil Rights History Project</a>. It offers recommendations for students conducting their own oral histories. And it explores resources from the <a href="https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel</a> in Memphis, Tennessee. Our <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4b4QUjEEXBYOHNRdqn34kj" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">latest Spotify playlist</a> has even more Movement Music inspired by this episode.  New For Educators <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSei4YvCNb5ZLhO1T437gDNyIoUpGcYFJJIuSYkLrZaToTmFTg/viewform?usp=pp_url&amp;entry.1748617993=12:+Listen,+Look+and+Learn:+Using+Primary+Sources+to+Teach+the+Freedom+Struggle" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Get a professional development certificate</a> for listening to this episode—issued by Learning for Justice. Listen for the special code word, then visit <a href="http://learningforjustice.org/podcastpd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">learningforjustice.org/podcastpd</a>. And visit the <a href="http://www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/civil-rights-movement/listen-look-and-learn-using-primary-sources-to-teach-the-freedom-struggle" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">enhanced episode transcript</a> for additional classroom resources about using primary sources to teach the Black freedom struggle.

Listen, Look and Learn: Using Primary Sources to Teach the Freedom Struggle – w/ J. Todd Moye, Guha Shankar, and Noelle Trent

Interviewer: Ben Dorman, co-editor Asian Ethnology Recorded 22 March 2018, Washington D.C.   This episode's guest is Guha Shankar, Folklife Specialist at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Asian Ethnology Editorial Board. Episode Summary   Intro :32 Association with Frank Korom, co-editor of Asian Ethnology 3:50 The story behind the film Hosay Trinidad 6:20 Graduate studies in anthropology 11:06 Work at the American Folklife Center; how the Center has evolved 16:15 Resources at the Center 28:00  Publications and films discussed in this episode Film Bishop, John and Korom, Frank J. Hosay Trinidad. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources, 1999. Music used with kind permission of the performer, shamisen master Koji Yamaguchi. Copyright 2019 by Asian Ethnology Podcast

Interviewer: Ben Dorman, co-editor Asian Ethnology Recorded 22 March 2018, Washington D.C. This episode's guest is Guha Shankar, Folklife Specialist at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Asian Ethnology Editorial Board. Episode Summary Intro :32 Association with Frank Korom, co-editor of Asian Ethnology 3:50 The story behind the film Hosay Trinidad 6:20 Graduate studies in anthropology 11:06 Work at the American Folklife Center; how the Center has evolved 16:15 Resources at the Center 28:00  Publications and films discussed in this episode Film Bishop, John and Korom, Frank J. Hosay Trinidad. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources, 1999. Music used with kind permission of the performer, shamisen master Koji Yamaguchi. Copyright 2019 by Asian Ethnology Podcast

Interview with Guha Shankar