With Steven High This workshop will provide you with some of the fundamentals in the interdisciplinary field of oral history. Participants will learn about an oral history approach to interviewing, ethics in research, and the many ways that oral histories are shared with the public. This workshop is strongly recommended to all new affiliates, […]
With Frankie Ray In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the essentials of setting up and recording oral history interviews with both video and audio. We will cover how to prepare a recording environment, assemble and test a recording rig, and troubleshoot common technical challenges. Beyond capturing the interview itself, participants will gain practical […]
With Anna Sheftel Oral historians are increasingly using their recorders closer to home, to try and understand the lives and legacies of their own families. This is often in the context of violence, migration, and diasporic experience. We study our families not just for our own benefit, but also because we know that the […]
With Carolina Cambre Visuality (and sound) has an important yet under-developed and under-theorized role to play in the relationship between learning, knowledge production, and transmission in the university. Tools like digital storytelling present one way to explore this dynamic. This workshop will review the roots of digital storytelling practices and provide ways for participants […]
With Steven High What can we learn from an oral history transcript? This workshop will introduce you to ways of interpreting oral history transcripts starting with the underlying interview dynamic. We will ground our analysis in a single interview transcript that we will circulate a week in advance. You should go through it before […]
With Frankie Ray This workshop provides a hands-on introduction to the principles and practices of recording high-quality audio in a range of real-world contexts. Participants will gain practical experience setting up and working with multiple microphone types, including lavaliers, shotgun microphones, podcasting microphones, and built-in camera audio systems. Through guided demonstrations and exercises, the […]