ALL ITEMS
Sort by:
All
The microphone is the focus with Berhane Debesai Abraha in the background.
Hilary Warner-Evans is recording (right). Magen Olsen (middle) is interviewing Berhane Debesai Abraha(left) in the Ray B. West building on Utah State University campus Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 10AM.
Berhane Debesai Abraha answering a question from Magen Olsen. This photo was taken in the Ray B. West building on Utah State University campus Sunday morning, May 17, 2015.
Afeworki Woldemichael (right) and Berhane Debesai Abraha (left) sitting at the kitchen table in Afeworki's apartment in Logan, Utah on May 17, 2015. This picture was taken before the interview started. Hilary Waren-Evans (interviewer) and Megan Olsen…
Afeworki Woldemichael holding the letter of information that explains the Library of Congress/USU field school project, ""Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley"" and how the interview recording and pictures will be used in a digital collection, exhibit,…
Afeworki Woldemichael signing the release form with Berhane Debesai Abraha explaining that the release form is for the interview to be included in a digital collection, digital exhibit, and kept physically in the archives at Utah State University…
Afeworki Woldemichael signing the release form for the Library of Congress/USU field school project, ""Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley"" to use his interview in a digital collection and exhibit. Berhane Debesai Abraha made the comment about signing…
Afeworki Woldemichael posing for a photograph. Afeworki Woldemichael is from Eritrea, Africa. He arrived in The United States of America as a refugee. He moved to Cache Valley to work at a meat processing factory called JBS or Millers. His wife and…
A more relaxed picture of the group after the interview while Bethany packed the audio equipment.
Temple Fork Room of Logan Public Library, Hilary is out of shot asking a question for Berhane to translate to Seltene.
Temple Fork Room of Logan Public Library, Berhane reads the forms to Seltene because the translation is difficult.
Temple Fork Room of Logan Public Library, Berhane notes here that the Tigrinya translation is using a defunct form of the language, indicating that the translator is likely Ethiopian.
Berhane Debesai Abraha, Afeworki Woldemichael, and Hilary are laughing at the poor translation of the translator form.
Berhane Debesai Abraha appears to be thinking about his next answer. This photo was taken in the Ray B. West building on Utah State University campus Sunday morning, May 17, 2015.
Hilary Warner-Evans explaining the letter of information, with the assistance of Berhane Debesai Afeworki, to Afeworki Woldmichael before the interview began. Afeworki gave Hilary the glass of orange juice that can be seen on the table. The research…
Berhane Debesai Abraha is explaining the release form to Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin. He is pointing something out on the paper and appears to be talking. Kahsay holds a pen.
Temple Fork Room of Logan Public Library, Berhane talking again about the translation of the release forms and showing examples of words that are no longer recognized in modern Eritrean Tigrinya.
Berhane Debesai Abraha (translator) explains the consent form to Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin. They are in one of the meeting rooms at the Logan Public library. Magen Olsen (interviewer) can be seen partially on the side.
Berhane Debesai Abraha signing the release form. This photo was taken in the Ray B. West building on Utah State University campus Sunday morning, May 17, 2015.
Temple Fork Room of Logan Public Library, Berhane translates the question Hilary just asked to Seltene.
Berhane Debesai Abraha looking at the camera. His hands are on the microphone. He is not smiling. This photo was taken in the Ray B. West building on Utah State University campus Sunday morning, May 17, 2015.
Berhane Debesai Abraha posed for a portrait against a blue wall in the Ray B. West building on the campus of Utah State University. This photo was taken on a Sunday morning, May 17, 2015.
Berhane Debesai Abraha laughing. He wrinkles his face when he smiles big. This photo was taken in the Ray B. West building on Utah State University campus Sunday morning, May 17, 2015.
Group shot of the interview process, standing view looking down on the group.
Magen Olsen breaking down the mic stand after the interview was finished. Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin (center) and Berhane Debesai Abraha are also in the picture.
This is the Broken window in the front room of Har Be Bar's home. It was accidentally broken, Butit took over three weeks to get fixed.
The top portion of the Burmese calendar at Snay Tun's house in Logan, Utah on May 19, 2016. The English translation of the Burmese script is on the right-hand side of the calendar.
Cami Dilg has on the recordist earphones, Maung Maung has on a white shirt and is looking down. Behind Cami, is Maung Maung's blue tent that he set up while we were there.
Maung Maung playing with the recording equipment while Cami Dilg supervises. Smiles. Maung Maung speaks into the microphone.
A portrait of Cami Dilg. Also visible are some of the home's furnishings, including the TV with attached webcam, the family's fish tank, and some of the posters on the back wall.
A close-up of the Burmese mat on the floor of Snay Tun's house in Logan Utah on May 19, 2015, made apparently from weaving different-colored strands of plastic.
Snay Tun at his house in Logan, Utah on May 19, 2015, holding his Sepak Takraw ball for a close-up picture.
This photo is of colorful flowers and fruit that is typical of the posters that adorn the Burmese Muslim families we interviewed.
Preparations for dinner at Kyaw Eh's house, where Eh Htoo lives, in Hyrum, Utah during the evening of May 16, 2015. The leafy greens are made by placing the leaf in a liquid and letting it sit for a few days. From left to right, the beans, fish…
The dinner rotation schedule at Kyaw Eh's house, where Eh Htoo lives, in the basement of Kyaw Eh's house in Hyrum, Utah during the evening of May 16, 2015.
Eh Htoo and Chit Moe wait for the next interview question, taken in the basement of Kyaw Eh's house in Hyrum, Utah during the evening of May 16, 2015.
Eh Htoo smiles as Kyaw Eh's nephew and niece jump into the picture. Ground floor of Kyaw Eh's house in Hyrum, Utah during the evening of May 16, 2015.
Eh Htoo stands near his flag of Karen State, pinned on the wall of the basement in Kyaw Eh's home in Hyrum, Utah during the evening of May 16, 2015. The lower-right pin doubles as a small hangar.
Eh Htoo stands beside the dinner schedule in the basement of Kyaw Eh's house in Hyrum, Utah during the evening of May 16, 2015.
A family portrait, featuring, from left to right: Har Be Bar, Ka Ma Din, Maung Maung, Ya He Ma. The subjects are standing against the poster wall from photo 002.
Shoe rack by the door of the apartment. Rack holds a few dozen pairs of shoes, neatly organized. Also shown are the family's fish tank, as well as a few more posters, these ones depicting fruit.
Ya He Ma and Har Be Bar filling out post-interview paperwork as Cami looks on. Deanna is packing up the recording equipment. Maung Maung is perched on the arm of the family's couch, staring at the camera. Also visible is the mat everyone sat on, a…
Decorative floor rugs that the Karen people use to cover carpet because it is easier to clean while protecting the carpeting.