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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWeek 1: Blacksburg, VA<\/h2>\n\n\n\nImportant Information for Planning for Arrival<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Virginia Tech Housing, Campus Dining Services, and Transportation Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Campus Dining Services<\/strong>: D2: <\/strong>Address<\/a>: 285 Ag-Quad Ln, Blacksburg, VA 24060; campus dining services<\/a>. (If you registered for VT campus housing, your meals are included.) Here is a map of the campus dining<\/a>, but only D2 will provide meals for this institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Public Transportation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Plan your bus transportation across campus from New Hall West\u2013D2 Dining Hall\u2013Newman Library. Use this link to \u201cPlan Your Trip<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You may be able to walk across campus from D2 to the Library. Campus Map<\/a>, <\/strong>but it\u2019s a 15-25 minute walk. We will also have a van available in the morning, at lunch, and at the end of each day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Our graduate assistant will also provide transportation to and from the classroom sites. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Location:<\/em><\/strong> *We will meet during the first day at the Concept Room, address 1880 Pratt Drive, Suite 2018, Blacksburg, VA.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Location:<\/em><\/strong>The Library Multipurpose Room 101 at the Newman Library, in the 560 Drillfield Dr, Blacksburg, VA 24061.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group activity<\/em><\/strong>:<\/strong> Participants will be asked in advance to explore a digital archive, watch at least one interview, take notes on interview techniques, analyze the content, and put together a five-minute overview of what they learned from the video\/audio to share with groups. veterans\u2019 oral history projects and digital collections, for example, the Louis B. Nunn Center for Oral History, \u201cCombat to KentuckyLinks to an external site.<\/a>,\u201dat the University of Kentucky, the Voces Oral History CenterLinks to an external site.<\/a> at the University of Texas, and History Makers: The Digital Repository for the Black Experience (\u201cMilitary MakersLinks to an external site.<\/a>\u201d, and\/or the or the Military Women’s MemorialLinks to an external site.<\/a> collections. Consider the following questions: Did the interviewers follow best practices? Were the collections accessible? What questions worked well? Which questions did not work as well? What would they have asked or done differently? How might they use digitized oral histories in their classrooms? How do digitized collections compare to the published text narratives? What are the limitations of text? What do the video and audio recordings capture that transcripts and published narratives do not? Feel free to take notes on this activity, but it will not be a graded assignment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n 10:30-11:15 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Guided discussions and group activities on Christian G. Appy, Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides <\/em>(New York: Penguin, 2004). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Location:<\/em><\/strong>The Athenaeum classroom 126, at the Newman Library, in the 560 Drillfield Dr, Blacksburg, VA 24061.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Afternoon: <\/em><\/strong>Rest and recover<\/strong> (We voted to cancel the afternoon session so that the participants could enjoy the rest of the day in Blacksburg or catch on readings. The planned oral history workshops were cancelled but the director provided resources and training modules to cover the missed activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Location:<\/em><\/strong>The Athenaeum classroom 126, at the Newman Library, in the 560 Drillfield Dr, Blacksburg, VA 24061.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Location:<\/em><\/strong> The Library Multipurpose Room 101 at the Newman Library, in the 560 Drillfield Dr, Blacksburg, VA 24061.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will host a series of conversations with a group of veterans, who will discuss their memories during the military and their experiences readjusting to civilian society afterwards. Our visiting scholar, Dr. Galloway-Salazar will share her experiences in the Army from 2001-06 and discuss how those experiences shape her research and oral history work with women veterans in the post-9\/11 era. She will be joined by co-directors Jim Dubinsky, Trevor Stewart, and K-12 specialist, Jim Hill, who will offer their insights into how their military experiences inform their teaching and their interactions with civilians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Topics: each veteran should respond to the following questions\u2014 what were the motivations for their military service? How did their actual experiences relate to their preconceived ideas? How do they define or understand patriotism? What would they like the public to understand about veterans and what advice would they give to students about how to interact with them? What questions should they avoid while talking with veterans? What advice would they give students for interviewing veterans? What topics would they want to avoid? What topics would they want interviewers to ask about? What questions would they ask another veteran? What were their experiences of coming home? Veterans are often falsely portrayed as a monolithic group; how would you challenge popular representations of veterans and how would you like to see veterans represented in the classroom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Activity: <\/strong>as the participants listen to the interviews, they should develop questions that they would like to ask the veterans. Consider what questions you would have asked during interviews? What types of questions elicited unique responses? Which ones did not? Based on your experiences working with students, what questions would they want to ask the veterans? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Explore Blacksburg!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Location: <\/strong>340 West Campus Dr., Blacksburg, VA 24060 Engel Lot\/P22; See: <\/em>Campus Parking Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Catholic University details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Campus address for Opus Hall: Campus address: 4006 John McCormack Road NE, Washington, DC 20064<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Location: <\/em><\/strong>Memorial Ave, Schley Dr, Arlington, VA 22202<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Directions: <\/em><\/strong>Take the Red line from Brookline CUA to Metro Center. Then, <\/strong>take the Blue Line to Arlington National Cemetery<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Download the <\/em><\/strong>ANC app or view maps here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Participants will have group discussions of readings at Arlington National Cemetery. From the Military Women\u2019s Memorial, we will walk to the Tomb of the Civil War Unknowns (15 minutes) and then we will continue to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (9 minutes). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Location: <\/em><\/strong>101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20543<\/p>\n\n\n\n Directions:<\/em><\/strong> From Brookline CUA station, take the red line to Metro Center. Then, please take the Metro to Capitol South (blue, silver, orange). Upon exiting the station, proceed North (straight) on First St SE where you will cross Independence Avenue, SE towards the Thomas Jefferson Building. This should be a 10-15 minute (.5 mi) walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When you get to the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, proceed up the driveway to the carriage entrance. You may see signs that state the entrance is for researchers and\/ or employees only. You are cleared to enter this way. You will walk through a magnetometer and will have to run any bags or other items through a screening belt (like airport security).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Invitation to Social Event at 6:30-8:30 pm at the Maroon Door<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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