"Catching People's Stories" with Jane Beck Sponsored by Vermont Humanities Jane is the founder and former director of the Vermont Folklife Center and the author of Daisy Turner's Kin, an African American Family Saga, based on sixty interviews with the daughter of slaves. She has used the recorded interview as her major source of material for exhibits, media, and written materials throughout her career. This technique puts the focus on people, personal history, family stories, experiences, values and attitudes—ordinary people often doing extraordinary things. This is a reflective talk on why people tell stories, what they mean to an individual, and examples of how they are used.
Following Jane's presentation we will be showing a brief VT Humanities Video: "Migrant Workers Discuss Life in VT" Light refreshments will be served.
Free event, open to all. Handicap accessible.
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