Linda Shopes has worked on, consulted for, and written about oral history projects for more than twenty-five years. Her essay, Making Sense of Oral History, was published in 2002 as part of History Matters: U.S. Survey Course on the Web.
Making Sense of Oral History explains everything. It is a comprehensive overview with a how-to approach and I'm finding it really useful. I am especially grateful for the tips on what kind of questions to ask and how to interpret an interview.
You can navigate the essay topic by topic on the website, but if you're impatient, you can also download the entire essay (pdf) in one fell swoop.
In my experience, oral histories and peer-to-peer interviews are useful starting points for collaborative art-making.
Have you ever been interviewed by a child?
It's kind of poignant because most young children have no idea that time really does fly.
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Making Sense of Oral History explains everything. It is a comprehensive overview with a how-to approach and I'm finding it really useful. I am especially grateful for the tips on what kind of questions to ask and how to interpret an interview.
You can navigate the essay topic by topic on the website, but if you're impatient, you can also download the entire essay (pdf) in one fell swoop.
In my experience, oral histories and peer-to-peer interviews are useful starting points for collaborative art-making.
Have you ever been interviewed by a child?
It's kind of poignant because most young children have no idea that time really does fly.
Oral History: “Your People Live Only Upon Cod” is "An Algonquian Response to European Claims of Cultural Superiority"
HyperCinema: Kurosawa's RAN is a version of King Lear.
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