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Interview Guidelines
CURA Life Stories Project April 2009
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This document provides the general interview guidelines for the CURA Life Stories Project. Included are details on the interview structure and procedures, and guiding principles for conducting an ethical and successful interview. |
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Oral Historian's Digital Toolbox
COHDS January 2010
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We are launching “The Oral Historian’s Digital Toolbox” a website that contains a listing of existing and emergent digital tools. The digital revolution is transforming our practice as oral historians, placing new emphasis on the research process “after the interview,” and this resource provides access to the various tools that are enabling us to re-envision our work. |
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Sample Interviewing Questions
CURA Life Stories Project April 2009
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Included is a listing of sample life-story interview questions including questions related to biographical information, family heritage, childhood, youth/schooling, work/community, and marriage and children. |
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Ethics Guidelines
CURA Life Stories Project April 2009
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Ethics Guide Summary for CURA Life Stories Project; including a discussion on mitigating harm, obtaining informed consent, the participants’ rights and options throughout interview process, researchers responsibility concerning matters of confidentiality, accessibility of the recordings and or transcripts, sharing authority” as the project’s central principle, and the recruitment of interviewees. |
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Sample Consent Form
Oral History and Urban Change Winter 2010
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The new model of consent form is the formal consent form for participants in an oral history interview being conducted by students enrolled in History 398: Oral History and Urban Change at Concordia University. |
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Emotional and Psychological Support Guidelines
CURA Life Stories Project April 2009
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Interviewing and working with people who have fled situations of genocide, war, and other mass violence necessarily involves asking questions and delving into experiences which can be very difficult to recount. The availability of psychological support for all project participants and team members is a central principle in the CURA project’s ethics protocol, and therefore it is imperative that all interviewers present the various options to all interviewees clearly and with sensitivity. |
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Transcription Guidelines
CURA Life Stories Project April 2009
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Transcription guidelines for all the audio/video taped interviews completed for the Life Stories of Montrealers Displaced by War, Genocide and other Human Right Violations project. |
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Oral History Ethics Tips
COHDS 2007
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A brief document that provides ethic tips related to oral history projects. Includes are guiding principles, consent forms, guides and useful book resources. |
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| VIDEO AND POST-PRODUCTION RESOURCES |
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Videography Guide
CURA Life Stories Project April 2009
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Videography Guide for CURA Life Stories Project: Ethical and Technical Issues. Includes process related to reserving equipment, before the interview, setting-up, taping the interview, and after the interview.
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Post-Production Guide
CURA Life Stories Project April 2009
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The document provides information on the post-production steps for the CURA Life Stories Project. |
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Adobe Premier Elements: Intro Tutorial
COHDS September 2007
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Adobe Premiere Elements is a video editing software application for non-linear video editing, published by Adobe Systems. It is a scaled-down version of the prosumer-level Adobe Premiere Pro and is available on all computers at the Centre. |
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Digital Technologies: Intro Concepts
COHDS April 2009
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This document provides an overview of digital technologies related to oral history projects. Provided is an overview of equipment and general considerations, process, and publishing. |
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| MAPPING RESOURCES |
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Mapping Resources
COHDS Jan 2008
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This document provides an introduction to mapping including information with regards to raster versus vector data, dealing with various file formats, an brief introduction to Geographic Information Systems, map projections, coordiante systems and a listing of available resources. |
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Google Earth
COHDS Jan 2008
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Google Earth is a mapping and geographical information program where you can obtain satellite imagery and aerial photographs. With the Pro version, you are able to create animations, export GIS data and have access to advanced printing options. This document also provides an overview of creating placemark, exporting data and sharing information. |
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Introduction to Map Mashups
COHDS March 2010
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Making a map mashup: Displaying storytelling, research, and multimedia using an interactive map-based interface. This resource provides a brief introduction to map mashups and contains many links to recommended map mashup applications. This document was initially created for use in the map mashups workshop provided by COHDS.
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| WEBWORKS RESOURCES |
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Basic Webworks Intro
COHDS Jan 2008
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This document provides a basic webworks introduction including; general considerations, general design basics, storyboarding, file management, introduction to basic website creation tasks and also includes an introductory tutorial to Dreamweaver. |
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| ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES |
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Express Scribe Transcription Playback Software
NCS Software
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Express Scribe is free professional audio player software for PC, Mac or Linux designed to assist the transcription of audio recordings. A typist can install it on their computer and control audio playback using a transcription foot pedal or keyboard (with 'hot' keys). This computer transcriber application also offers valuable features for typists including variable speed playback, multi-channel control, file management and more. Express Scribe is completely free and can be used without any restrictions. |
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Mspace (beta version)
Hewlett-Packard Development Company
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Tracklines
Location: Banff AB, CANADA
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Tracklines is a trail-based mobile media installation; a guided interpretive strategy in which hikers employ GPS-enabled smart phones to navigate a landscape seeded with location-based stories.
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Vuvox (beta version)
Vuvox - your visual voice
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Vuvox is a program that allows to create combine a variety of digital media (video, photos, music and text) into an interactive presentation. |
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UMapper (beta version)
Create embeddable Flash maps
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Umapper is a web-based interactive map making application. Users can upload text, audio, and visual content to customed designed points and shapes on their personalized map. It allows map uploads as well. It uses adobe Flash, and allows you to embed your map on your own website.
| Click here for the downloadble PDF guide "How to make a Mediascape" |
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Dipity
Interactive Multi-media Timeline Tool
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Dipity is a web-based application that displays content such as photographs, videos, links, and social media feeds using an interactive, attractive time-line. Basic accounts are free, and users can create various “topics” according to their needs.
| Click here to watch a video tutorial of Dipity on vimeo |
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Zotero
A personal research assistant.
Inside your browser.
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Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.
Produced by the Center for History and New Media and George Mason University.
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| ADDITIONAL TUTORIAL RESOURCES |
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Basic Photoshop Tutorial
Provided by the Knight Digital Media Center
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This tutorial covers many useful Photoshop basics, including cropping and re-sizing images, adjusting contrast and color, sharpening, and saving and exporting.
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Create-a-Scape (beta version)
Futurelab from HP's guide for using Mediascapes in Education
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Dreamweaver I & II
Instructional and Information Technology Services at Concordia
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