ELEC copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment
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Contents:
Part I. Orality/aurality -- "Oral history in the age of digital possibilities" / by William Schneider -- "Why do we call it oral history? Refocusing on orality/aurality in the digital age" / by Sherna Berger Gluck -- "Adventures in sound: aural history, the digital revolution, and the making of I can almost see the lights of home: a field trip to Harlan County Kentucky" / by Charles Hardy III -- "'I just want to click on it to listen': oral history archives, orality and usability" / by Douglas A. Boyd -- Part II. Discovery and discourse -- "Beyond the transcript: oral history as pedagogy" / by Marjorie McLellan -- "Notes from the field: digital history and oral history" / by Gerald Zahavi -- "Densho: the Japanese American Legacy Project" / by Tom Ikeda -- "Deconstruction without destruction: creating metadata for oral history in a digital world" / by Elinor MazeĢ -- "'We all begin with a story': discovery and discourse in the digital realm" / by Mary A. Larson -- Part III. Oral history and digital humanities perspectives -- "Swimming in the exaflood: oral history as information in the digital age" / by Stephen Sloan -- "[O]ral [h]istory and the [d]igital [h]umanities" / by Dean Rehberger
Summary:
Over the last two decades, much has changed in the world of oral history, as technology has opened up a wide range of possibilities for presentation and preservation of material. The doors of the archives have been blown from their hinges - and "access" has come to have a completely different meaning. This results in expectations for access and engagement that are vastly different than they were a mere twenty years ago. This innovative book examines the theoretical and practical developments that have occurred in the practice of oral history since digital audio and video became practical working formats. Over the years, the digital revolution has changed how oral historians conceptualize projects, how they deal with ethical issues, how they process their materials, how they think about sound and video, and how materials are made accessible. All of this has placed oral history squarely in the middle of the conversation about digital humanities. Each chapter covers a different groundbreaking project in the history of digital oral history from the perspective of the project's organizer, explaining the reasons those projects were developed in the first place, how the researchers solved problems they faced, and how the solutions evolved over time with advancing technologies. Most pertinently, they discuss how the problems that started them on their digital paths are being dealt with currently and what they see for the future of oral history. The result is an illuminating survey of oral history's digital evolution, distilling the insights of pioneers in the field and applying them to the constantly changing electronic landscape of today
