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Mirroring Hope: The Bhungroo Irrigation Technology Oral History Project
In the course of teaching in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Peg Christoff learned about the tremendous pain and suffering caused by the 2001 Gujarat earthquake in India; and that the resulting massive flooding in the monsoon season affected nearly 450,000 people and relocated more than 130,000 to homeless shelters. However, it took a trip to India and many interviews with those who lived through this tragedy to appreciate the way this climate change disaster had affected women’s lives. In 2016, Peg hired Jamie Sommer (who was a doctoral student at Stony Brook at the time) to learn more about the Women for Results program sponsored by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC’s sponsorship and a subsequent publication by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN’s) Global Gender Office described an innovative program, Bhungroo (“straw” in English), that used an irrigation technology to turn a humanitarian crisis into a powerful opportunity for women who previously had little voice in their homes or communities. They learned that, traditionally, women in India could not own land; however, the Bhungroo project introduced a brilliant work-around strategy to give women rights to the irrigation technology. Peg and Jamie first interviewed the creators of the program, Trupti Jain and her husband, Biplab Paul, via Skype; and, then, in 2019, with a grant from Stony Brook University, they traveled to Gujarat to interview farmers in three villages to understand the project’s impact on women’s social status in their communities. In this digital collection, you will find all interview materials from their field research, including interview release forms, audio and video recordings, translations of the interviews from Gujarati into English, short videos, and photographs. Also included are two related student undergraduate research projects that Peg supervised and interviews with those who were to be part of a spring symposium prior to COVID-19.Date: 2020 -
Documenting COVID-19: Stony Brook University Experiences
"Documenting COVID-19: Stony Brook University Experiences" is a digital archive project established by Stony Brook University Libraries and launched in September 2020 to collect, preserve, and publish the institutional history of Stony Brook University during this unprecedented moment in history. The entire Stony Brook University community was invited to contribute to the archive. Participation from across all of our campuses was vital to ensure an inclusive record of the SBU experience is available for future generations of researchers. The archive is primarily formed from submissions received directly from students, faculty, staff, and alumni that document life during the COVID-19 pandemic.Date: 2020 -
Mirroring Hope
The final paper analyzing the Mirroring Hope: Bhungroo Irrigation Technology project written by project curators, Peg Christoff and Jamie Sommer.Date: 2020 -
Victoria Pilato
A paper written by Leio Koga after interviewing Victoria Pilato, Digital Projects Librarian at Stony Brook University, in relation to the Mirroring Hope project.Date: 2020 -
Susan Hinely
A paper written by Leio Koga after interviewing Susan Hinely, a professor at Stony Brook University, in relation to the Mirroring Hope project.Date: 2020 -
Leio Koga - Research Paper
Research paper written by Leio Koga in relation to the Mirroring Hope: Bhungroo Irrigation Technology ProjectDate: 2020 -
Kunika Chahal - Research Paper
Research paper written by Kunika Chahal in relation to the Mirroring Hope: Bhungroo Irrigation Technology ProjectDate: 2020 -
Jamie Sommer
A paper written by Leio Koga after interviewing Jamie Sommer, one of the curators of the Mirroring Hope project.Date: 2020 -
Dhruti Thaker
A paper written by Leio Koga after interviewing Dhruti Thaker, a translator for the the Mirroring Hope project.Date: 2020 -
Christian Marc Schmidt
A paper written by Leio Koga after interviewing Christian Marc-Schmidt, founder of data visualization tool, Schema, which is used for the Mirroring Hope project.Date: 2020 -
Kronos: Stony Brook University, School Of Medicine, Digital Yearbook Collection
Kronos, published from 1980 to 2001, is the yearbook of the School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. Stony Brook University Libraries has digitized every issue of the yearbook to expand access to them and to preserve an important source of university history. The Kronos Digital Yearbook Collection provides online, searchable access to the issues through a webpage interface. Original copies of the yearbooks are housed in the University Archives and in the Health Sciences Library.Date: 2020 -
Jacob K. Javits: Life & Legacy
Established in 1981, the Senator Jacob K. Javits Collection at Stony Brook University is a historically significant trove for scholars and students studying 20th century history and politics. Today, nearly 40 years after it was received, the 1.8 million-item collection remains one of Special Collections’ most frequently consulted archives by researchers from around the world. This is testament to Senator Javits’ incomparable impact and influence. With support from The Jacob K. and Marian B. Javits Foundation, Stony Brook University Libraries has developed a digital collection and a multimedia online exhibition to showcase the Senator’s accomplishments, and to articulate and illustrate the significance of his legacy. An interactive timeline highlights Senator Javits’ monumental career achievements in public service including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the War Powers Act of 1973, and civil rights legislation.Date: 2020