{"id":23674,"date":"2024-06-03T08:41:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T12:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/working-with-existing-interviews\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:17:22","slug":"working-with-existing-interviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/working-with-existing-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with Existing Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-hyt7qs8-82680da7df79e34baa8476e04c389e26\">\n.flex_column.av-hyt7qs8-82680da7df79e34baa8476e04c389e26{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-hyt7qs8-82680da7df79e34baa8476e04c389e26 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-hq0ya8o-5f20d0c480abbfe6f46636f1e7f0a204\">\n.flex_column.av-hq0ya8o-5f20d0c480abbfe6f46636f1e7f0a204{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-hq0ya8o-5f20d0c480abbfe6f46636f1e7f0a204 av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-h6157vc-73085e73118fd008ef2c626e31ff2cad\">\n.avia-image-container.av-h6157vc-73085e73118fd008ef2c626e31ff2cad img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-h6157vc-73085e73118fd008ef2c626e31ff2cad .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-h6157vc-73085e73118fd008ef2c626e31ff2cad av-styling-no-styling avia-align-right  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-20093 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-20093 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Wokring-with-Existing-Interviews-1030x581.png\" alt='' title='Wokring with Existing Interviews'  height=\"581\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Wokring-with-Existing-Interviews-1030x581.png 1030w, https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Wokring-with-Existing-Interviews-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Wokring-with-Existing-Interviews-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Wokring-with-Existing-Interviews-705x397.png 705w, https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Wokring-with-Existing-Interviews.png 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-gu5jp7c-14b9090e4bbdbfc5f541b2ecd0947a87\">\n.flex_column.av-gu5jp7c-14b9090e4bbdbfc5f541b2ecd0947a87{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-gu5jp7c-14b9090e4bbdbfc5f541b2ecd0947a87 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_three_fourth  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ginvq3c-2505a1f03f4061223686a1ba70ed4406 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working with existing interviews also offers students a chance to reflect on the dynamics at play during an interview, and observe how and where things like emotion, silence, or tension may arise. There are plenty of archives that may be useful for you in learning more about a given topic via oral history or answering your very own research questions with existing interviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The topic of reusing oral history interviews, or making new engagements with interviews you have not conducted yourself, is still a developing research area. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A number of historians have addressed the challenges of reusing interviews when so much contextual data is often missing. Data such as the specificities of consent forms, the interview dynamics, where the interview was conducted, when, tensions in the interview process, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-g1f56s8-2534b5b746e7059592886658f2b2252e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-flv0kuw-8f58d31c3de793ae410a04106ce16e64 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><b>ARCHIVES<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-eyou56g-0eaac586746ac60590a7038260cf6e1e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COHDS has a rich archive consisting of interviews with different themes such as migration, labour, identity, and mass violence. You can find a comprehensive list as well as details on how to access our collection by <a href=\"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/archives\/\">visiting our<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Archives <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can <a href=\"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/resources\/other-resources\/\">see a handful of archives by topic on our Other Resources page,<\/a> ranging from de-industrialization to heritage and queer histories. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1ngk6k8-328ed3f1803e79f1b6c132cc176c9540 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1czg7zs-36b98aa356b0af52f08f71474614e769 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><b>REUSE<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-knoz20-71942647d4d94e5a15e8cdeaad76669f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the ethics process of reuse is different from the ethics of developing a new interview project, it is no less important to consider how the data is being reinterpretted outside of its original context. Should reuse be of interest to you, there are many interviews available in the open access that require no formal ethics protocol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter the context, reuse is a method that gives us the chance to listen to someone\u2019s story and honour the voices of those who may no longer be here. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it may be different from conducting an interview, reuse is still a collaborative act, and entails just as much brainstorming, reflecting, and ethical considerations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While mapping your reuse project, here are some questions to consider at each step of the way:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1ct9baw-f16380ab3414ee2be04a89c95228a21d\">\n#top .togglecontainer.av-1ct9baw-f16380ab3414ee2be04a89c95228a21d p.toggler.activeTitle{\ncolor:#004aad;\nborder-color:#004aad;\n}\n#top .togglecontainer.av-1ct9baw-f16380ab3414ee2be04a89c95228a21d p.toggler.activeTitle .toggle_icon, #top .togglecontainer.av-1ct9baw-f16380ab3414ee2be04a89c95228a21d p.toggler.activeTitle .toggle_icon > span{\ncolor:#004aad;\nborder-color:#004aad;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-1ct9baw-f16380ab3414ee2be04a89c95228a21d av-minimal-toggle  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all hasCurrentStyle' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-cxn6shk-b9b50675885c362e8245fc6626661ee5'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{Tout} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1'>1. Plan<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the goals of your project?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are you planning to listen for? (Think here about how someone&rsquo;s testimony may offer insight to your research questions)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is your interview open access? If not, what access restrictions are there?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What information do you have about the organization housing the interview? Why were these interviews conducted?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What information about the interview itself do you have available to you? Do you have information on who the interviewer and interviewee are? Their relationship? Where the interview took place? When?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How would you like to share or develop your project once the interviews have been researched? If you are incorporating your own interviews, once your interviews have been conducted?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-19jhrug-c657bc278de9d1f2df58399ae129bef2'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{Tout} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2'>2. Interview<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-2' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will you put \u201cdeep listening\u201d into practice? (Here it may be helpful to take notes as you listen, or draw a timeline of events, or a sketch of some of the important place or memories mentioned)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-c720788-3537b4a8704570b06ad70027fb5f83d3'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{Tout} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-3' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-3'>3. Reflect<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-3' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you feel after the interview? What did you find most interesting, fascinating, or compelling? Did anything surprise you?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How was authority shared during the interview? What did you notice about the interview style?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What were some key moments of emotion in the interview, for both the interviewer and interviewee?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did the format of the interview affect how you watched\/ listened?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What kind of connections were you making with other narratives or facts as you listened?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0What additional information will you now seek out through secondary source material?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did the interview end? Did the interviewee end on their own terms? Is there anything you are left wondering?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-bm1gou0-b41bdc61b415ba2889cb336e702bbc4d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{Tout} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-4' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-4'>4. Process<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-4' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While processing is a key step in conducting interviews given the need to save and transcribe different files, this is usually not the case in reuse. Should you have translated or transcribed parts of the interview you used, it is helpful to keep your files organized and also keep in mind what authority these actions may imbue over the voices you are working with.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-beit188-316fcf51888b455b86df4e4e560c1a90'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{Tout} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-5' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-5'>5. Share\/Create<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-5' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How are you planning on disseminating your findings?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What form would you like them to take? Creative? Academic? Audio-visual art? Material art?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How broad of an audience will you share your findings with? (This may be a complex question depending on the particularities of the ethics involved)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-egm3czc-f5cce67134ea000cf9d496faea69e097 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-e5weraw-4bf1ce18d296e09b8855729696dd35ef '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2><b>FURTHER READING<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lx96ayxs-bdefacf24cd4465b0b10295c2fd455a4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Below are some sources that may help with the interpretation of interviews that are being \u201creused\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bornat, Joanna. \u201cA Second Take: Revisiting Interviews with a Different Purpose.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oral History <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31, no. 1 (2003): 47\u201353.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gallwey, April. \u201cThe rewards of using archived oral histories in research: the case of the Millennium Memory Bank.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oral History <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">41, no. 1 (2013): 37\u201350.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High, Steven. \u201cGoing Beyond the \u201cJuicy Quotes Syndrome.\u201d In Elizabeth Miller, Edward Little, and Steven High, Going Public: The Art of Participatory Practice. Vancouver: UBC Press (2017): 110-129.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M\u00e9nard, M\u00e9lissa-Anne. \u201cVoices in the Field: A Critical Approach to Reusing Archived Oral History Interviews with the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants Oral History Project,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Masters thesis, Concordia University, 2023), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.library.concordia.ca\/id\/eprint\/992252\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/spectrum.library.concordia.ca\/id\/eprint\/992252\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moore, Niamh. \u201c(Re)Using Qualitative Data?\u201d Sociological Research Online 12, no 3 (2007): 1-13<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23674","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23724,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23674\/revisions\/23724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}