ArtDes 310 Sec. 002 -- Fall 2006
School of Art and Design, University of Michigan

Veterans Video Portrait Project
Heidi Kumao, Asst. Professor
Tues/Thurs 1:30-4:30 pm
Rooms: School of Education Computer lab (SEB 3010) or
Art and Architecture Bldg. rm. 2006
 
Syllabus
Schedule
LINKS
Class Blog
Contact:
Heidi Kumao
hkumao@umich.edu
Office: Art & Arch 2086
763-0183
LINKS (updated 10/26/06, more on the way)

Video Resources: Heidi's list of free downloads, etc...
Sample videos
Veterans History Project, Library of Congress, American Folklife Center--the "go to" site for all materials related to making a video for their archives, downloadable forms, etc.
Stories of Service - high school program for archiving stories of veterans, good video samples
 
Veterans' Groups/support
Washtenaw County/Ann Arbor-Veterans Service Organizations
Veterans for Peace - Michigan chapter
VA Hospital- Ann Arbor (on Fuller Road right behind Art and Arch. Bldg)
Michigan Veteran Research - Michigan Dept. of Labor and Economic Growth

Radio programs about war
The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowski (Produced by Christina Egloff with Jay Allison) (Listen with RealAudio) (from NPR's "Lost and Found Sound")

This American Life episodes:
"The Real Story," (interview with Jarhead author), 2/14/03, Episode 232
"The Balloon Goes Up," 3/21/03, Episode 235 (about war),
"War Stories," 9/28/01, Episode 195,
"Recordings for Someone," 1/11/02, Episode 203
"Somewhere in the Arabian Sea," 3/1/02, Episode 206 (aboard aircraft carrier)
"Pinned by History", 3/13/98, Episode 96, "God of War." In Vietnam, Jeffrey Harris, with one year of grad school, judged which soldiers stayed and which went home.

Fresh Air with Terry Gross interviews
Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead
"War Tapes" Troops -Nat'l Guard members were given cameras to document themselves
John Crawford: The Accidental Soldier
Kayla Williams:Love My Rifle More Than You

Veterans Radio: Local radio in AnnArbor

Military Information
Military hierarchy of positions
Army ranking system-notice 3 different classes: Enlisted, Officers, Warrant Officers
Iraq War (1991 and current)
PBS "Now" Program about Veterans-lots of good info
Iraq War BLOGS and other informative Blog sites
Doc in the Box blog
Mil-blogging-military blog site
Informed Comment - Middle East, History, Religion blog collection site by Juan Cole, UM professor
Vietnam War
Vietnam: A Television History website, (PBS American Experience series) lots of good info
Vietnam War History from University website
Wikipedia on Vietnam--decent info
Vietnam War Hotspots
War Maps
Timeline in brief

Korean War

 

 
World War II
D-Day: World War II in Europe (PBS American Experience series)
Victory in the Pacific from the American Experience PBS series: end of WWII in Pacific