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Hess, Charlotte, July 15, 2014

Collection ID:
14-031
Date:
July 15, 2014
Scope Content:
Charlotte Hess was the Director of the Library and Information at the Ostrom Workshop from 1989 to 2008. Hess begins by recounting the way the library started and the way it developed, including what it was like to create the library catalog for the Workshop. Hess also talks about connecting the Ostroms' work and the International Association of Common Property. Later, she discusses editing Vincent Ostrom's book The Meaning of Democracy and the Vulnerability of Democracies: A Response to Tocqueville's Challenge (1997) and Vincent Ostrom himself.
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Kashwan, Prakash, June 21, 2014

Collection ID:
14-019
Date:
June 21, 2014
Scope Content:
Prakash Kashwan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Co-Director of the Economic and Social Rights Research Group at the Human Rights Institute, at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Kashwan first met the Ostroms when he came to Indiana University to work on his PhD. He recalls memories with Elinor and Vincent Ostrom. The interview moves on to discuss the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW) conference and its future along with the Ostroms intellectual legacy. Kashwan ends by discussing Vincent Ostrom and Elinor Ostrom's teaching.
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Lykens, Kristine, June 17, 2014

Collection ID:
14-009
Date:
June 17, 2014
Scope Content:
Kristine Lykens is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Systems at the University of North Texas. As an undergraduate student at Indiana University she was a student of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom. She discusses her experiences as a student, working with the Ostroms on several projects, and as a teaching intern for the Vincent Ostrom. She also discusses her personal life, her reconnection with Elinor, and her aspirations for her future research that was inspired by her studies under the Ostroms. Kristine Lykens finished her interview discussing the origins of the Ostrom Workshop as well as the Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW).
Place:
St. Louis, Missouri, West Africa -- Ghana, and West Africa -- Nigeria
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McGinnis, Michael, June 16, 2014

Collection ID:
14-004
Date:
June 16, 2014
Scope Content:
Michael McGinnis is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University. McGinnis begins by discussing his interview with the Ostroms for an assistant professor position. He then discusses working with the Ostroms and Political Theory and Policy Analysis within the Ostrom Workshop. McGinnis reflects on his collaboration with Vincent Ostrom while teaching together and Elinor Ostrom through research. The interview closes with McGinnis recounting going to the Nobel Prize ceremony with Elinor Ostrom and working with Elinor Ostrom after the Nobel.
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Nagendra, Harini, July 02, 2014

Collection ID:
14-026
Date:
July 02, 2014
Scope Content:
Harini Nagendra is a professor of sustainability and coordinator of the Centre for Urban Sustainability at Azim Premji University in Bangalore India. Nagendra describes her personal background that lead her to contact Elinor Ostrom while pursing postdoctoral opportunities. She received a research position at the Center for the Study of Institutions, Populations and Environmental Change (CIPEC) focusing on human-nature interactions in Asia. Furthermore, she discusses her research in collaboration with Ostrom on Bangalore urban villages and their connections to lakes such as Lake Kaikondrahhalli. Later on Nagendra discusses Elinor Ostrom's Nobel Prize and her impact on future research. There is also discussion of Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom and Nagendra's connect with them. She goes onto describe their personalities and generosity, last memories, and the Ostroms' as collectors.
Place:
Bangalore, India, Lake Kaikondrahalli, India, and Nepal
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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
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Parks, Roger, June 04. 2014

Collection ID:
14-001
Date:
June 04. 2014
Scope Content:
Roger Parks is an Professor Emeritus of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He was a student, co-worker, and friend of Elinor (Lin) Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom. In this interview Parks discusses his relationship with the Ostroms', projects he worked on and his role at the Ostrom Workshop where he was a graduate student worker and later became the Associate Director.
Place:
Indianapolis, Indiana and St. Louis, Missouri
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Pradhan, Prachanda, June 25, 2014

Collection ID:
14-025
Date:
June 25, 2014
Scope Content:
Dr. Prachanda Pradhan is a leading scholar who has been promoting values and benefits of farmer managed irrigation system in Nepal and other developing countries. Pradhan begins the interview by discussing how he met Elinor Ostrom, her visit to Nepal and their roles in the Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems Promotion Trust. He further discusses his working relationship and personal relationship with Elinor Ostrom while collaboratively writing Improving Irrigation in Asia. Also mentioned is how Pradhan learned from Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom through the Ostrom Workshop and other methods.
Place:
Nepal
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Swindell, David, June 21, 2014

Collection ID:
14-017
Date:
June 21, 2014
Scope Content:
David Swindell is the Director of the Center for Urban Innovation at Arizona State University. The interview begins with Swindell recounting how he got to know Elinor and Vincent Ostrom and his graduate research at the Ostrom Workshop. Discussion of research at the Ostrom Workshop leads to a discussion of the application of polycentricity of applied research. Swindell closes with his personal memories of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom and their legacy.
Place:
Indianapolis, Indiana and Phoenix, Arizona
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Tucker, Catherine, July 09, 2014

Collection ID:
14-027
Date:
July 09, 2014
Scope Content:
Catherine Tucker has a joint appointment with the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. Tucker begins her interview by recounting how she met Elinor Ostrom and her experiences with her at the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC). She goes on to discuss Ostrom as a mentor and her own teaching. Tucker then talks about her work at the Ostrom Workshop which includes her teaching with the International Forestry Research and Institutions Research Program (IFRI). The interview concludes with Tucker reflecting on Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom and how they, especially Elinor Ostrom, would want to be remembered.
Place:
Mexico
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