HIV Out Loud: Building the History of an Epidemic. 2 Credit Hours

Catalog description

This course acquaints students with oral history methods and specifically with the history and lived experience of HIV. Students will learn how to record oral history and will work closely with people living with HIV, advocates and family members to record a life history for the permanent "HIV Out Loud" archive in the Briscoe Library. Students will participate in 1 in-person orientation meeting and 3 required in-person sessions in which students will receive training on best practices and learn to record oral history. Subsequently, to receive credit for the course students will be required to attend 2 community events (such as tabling at World AIDS Day, attending HIV advocacy day, presenting on the project, etc), attend 3 virtual listening sessions, and either record an oral history for the archive or produce a paper or educational/analytical tool that uses the materials already archived. This course is a great fit for trainees interested in history, in HIV itself, and in advocacy.