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'''Oral History and Community Memory: Class Discussion Topics''' | '''Oral History and Community Memory: Class Discussion Topics''' | ||
| − | * What is Oral History? | + | * What is Oral History and Who Does It? |
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| + | Oral history is a very interdisciplinary craft. It is employed by historians, archivists, librarians, folklorists, anthopologists, educators, journalists, linguists, and genealogists. | ||
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| + | * The History of Oral History | ||
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| + | Earliest transcript in archives of the Columbia Oral History Research Office contains a first-hand account of the 1863 draft riots in New York City. | ||
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* Oral History Projects and Collections | * Oral History Projects and Collections | ||
* What is Ethnography? | * What is Ethnography? | ||
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* Knowledge Database: FranaWiki | * Knowledge Database: FranaWiki | ||
* Creating/Editing Wikis/Standards that Apply | * Creating/Editing Wikis/Standards that Apply | ||
| − | * Transcription/Processing Transcripts/Footnoting | + | * Transcription/Processing Transcripts/Footnoting |
| + | * Archiving & Accessibility | ||
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| + | The Internet has thrown open to millions the door to interview transcripts and audio archives. | ||
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* Sources/Background Research | * Sources/Background Research | ||
* Interviewer’s Field Notes | * Interviewer’s Field Notes | ||
* Life History Forms | * Life History Forms | ||
| − | * Public Relations/Correspondence | + | * Professionalism/Public Relations/Correspondence |
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| + | Oral history is a natural habitation for extroverts and conversationalists. | ||
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* Compiling Interview Topics & Questions | * Compiling Interview Topics & Questions | ||
* Practice Interviewing on Each Other | * Practice Interviewing on Each Other | ||
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* Visiting the Library & Heifer HQ/Doe’s Eat Place | * Visiting the Library & Heifer HQ/Doe’s Eat Place | ||
* Interviewing Style/Silence/Location/Active Listening | * Interviewing Style/Silence/Location/Active Listening | ||
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| + | The best advice I can share is that oral history involves experiential learning, that is, learning by doing. | ||
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* Gathering Artifacts/Manuscript Material from Interviewee | * Gathering Artifacts/Manuscript Material from Interviewee | ||
| − | * Criticisms of Oral History | + | |
| + | * Criticisms of Oral History | ||
| + | ** Memory | ||
| + | ** Intersubjectivity | ||
| + | **Presentism/Creating Usable Pasts | ||
| + | **Mythmaking | ||
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* Interviewing Elites/Ordinary People | * Interviewing Elites/Ordinary People | ||
* Improving your methods/Reflecting on Interviews Conducted/Retrospective essay | * Improving your methods/Reflecting on Interviews Conducted/Retrospective essay | ||
Revision as of 10:25, 2 January 2008
Oral History and Community Memory: Class Discussion Topics
- What is Oral History and Who Does It?
Oral history is a very interdisciplinary craft. It is employed by historians, archivists, librarians, folklorists, anthopologists, educators, journalists, linguists, and genealogists.
- The History of Oral History
Earliest transcript in archives of the Columbia Oral History Research Office contains a first-hand account of the 1863 draft riots in New York City.
- Oral History Projects and Collections
- What is Ethnography?
- Ethnography Projects and Collections
- Arkansas Traveler’s Project (contact: Alli Hogue)
- Ethics & Sponsored Projects Office
- Release Forms/Ownership
- Photography
- Videography
- Video Editing Software
- Care of Ethnography Lab & Equipment
- Paying for OH: Grants and Proposals for Clinton project/Arkansas Heritage Council/SURF
- Knowledge Database: FranaWiki
- Creating/Editing Wikis/Standards that Apply
- Transcription/Processing Transcripts/Footnoting
- Archiving & Accessibility
The Internet has thrown open to millions the door to interview transcripts and audio archives.
- Sources/Background Research
- Interviewer’s Field Notes
- Life History Forms
- Professionalism/Public Relations/Correspondence
Oral history is a natural habitation for extroverts and conversationalists.
- Compiling Interview Topics & Questions
- Practice Interviewing on Each Other
- Personal Project
- Clinton Library & Downtown Little Rock Project
- Practice Interviewing on Doctor/Final Exam
- Oral History Documentaries/Musicals/Websites/Radio/Interpretive Skits
- UCA Folklore Collection (contact: Jimmy Bryant)
- Oral History in Scholarly Work
- Visiting the Library & Heifer HQ/Doe’s Eat Place
- Interviewing Style/Silence/Location/Active Listening
The best advice I can share is that oral history involves experiential learning, that is, learning by doing.
- Gathering Artifacts/Manuscript Material from Interviewee
- Criticisms of Oral History
- Memory
- Intersubjectivity
- Presentism/Creating Usable Pasts
- Mythmaking
- Interviewing Elites/Ordinary People
- Improving your methods/Reflecting on Interviews Conducted/Retrospective essay
- Types of Interviewing Products: Transcripts, Audio, Video
- Impact of Oral History on the Community
- Curriculum Development
- Assignment Read and Critique a Past Oral History: Clinton Project, Rick Scott, Women’s Abuse, HCOL history
- Clinton Library Visit by Skip Rutherford or Jose Guzzardi or Amanda Harris?
- Downtown Revitalization
- New Urbanism, Gentrification (contact: Patrick Taylor)
