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Start Over Collection Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014 Creator Colom, Gloria Place Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada

England, Julie, July 23, 2014

Collection ID:
14-030
Date:
July 23, 2014
Scope Content:
Julie England is an adjunct instructor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington. England discusses her work on databases that began with the common-pool resources (CPR) database and evolved with new projects in the Ostrom Workshop. She also discusses the technological changes in the Ostrom Workshop, the creation of the Center for the Study of Institutions, Populations and Environmental Change, and the Workshop on the Workshop Conference. The interview then discusses the Ostroms on a personal level including Manitoulin Island and the Ostrom Workshop after the Ostroms.
Place:
Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
  1. Center for Documentary Research and Practice
  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014

Parks, Carol, June 11, 2014

Collection ID:
14-005
Date:
June 11, 2014
Scope Content:
Carol Parks is the spouse of Roger Parks and friend of the Ostroms'. Roger Parks is a former student of Elinor Ostrom's, which is how they initially met. Carol Parks built a stronger relationship with Elinor Ostrom while cataloging the artwork in the Ostrom house. During this cataloging project Elinor Ostrom and Parks consulted many different people and agencies including the Mathers Museum. This leads to a discussion about the construction of the Ostrom house, which was built like a Native American longhouse. She further discusses the Ostroms' collection of Native American work while they were at their Manitoulin Island house in Ontario, Canada. Roger and Carol Parks had the opportunity to go to this house on the island which is discussed. Parks then discusses the impact of Elinor Ostrom's Nobel Prize in Economics and the changes in the Ostrom Workshop over the years. The interview concludes with personal antecedents about the Ostroms.
Place:
Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
  1. Center for Documentary Research and Practice
  2. Coming Together: An Oral History of the Ostroms and their Scholarly Impact on Problem Solving, 2014