Oral history and digital humanities : voice, access, and engagement / edited by Douglas A. Boyd and Mary A. Larson.
Boyd, Douglas A., 1970- editor.; Larson, Mary, 1964- editor.
2014
D16.14 .O7326 2014 (Mapit)
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Title Oral history and digital humanities : voice, access, and engagement / edited by Douglas A. Boyd and Mary A. Larson.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9781137322005 hardcover
1137322004 hardcover
9781137322012 paperback
1137322012 paperback
Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Language English
Description xv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number D16.14 .O7326 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 907.2
Summary "Over the last two decades, much has changed in the world of oral history, as digital audio and multimedia have opened up a wide range of possibilities for presentation of material. The doors of the archives have been blown from their hinges - and access has come to have a completely different meaning. Oral history research no longer necessarily entails traveling from one university or museum to another, reading typewritten transcripts or listening to second-generation analog cassettes designated as user copies. Scholars and the general public alike can go to the Internet for information on available recordings, and even if an institution's audio or transcripts are not online, chances are good that a detailed finding aid is, and a call to that repository can result in a patron receiving a digital copy of an interview. Networked information and linked data empower users and researchers to connect oral history resources to other relevant resources. All of this results in expectations for access that are vastly different than they were a mere twenty years ago. This cutting-edge book reviews 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."--Back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Boyd, Douglas A., 1970- editor.
Larson, Mary, 1964- editor.
Series Palgrave studies in oral history.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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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 Mazé
"'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.

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