This workshop for oral historians of all levels of experience will focus not only on what oral history is, but also on how and why the oral history field has emerged as one of the most flexible and dynamic methods of historical account collection. Over the course of the four-hour workshop, the instructors will empower you to come face-to-face with the history you are documenting, and demonstrate how to navigate thorny issues of empathy vs. exploitation, trauma-based accounts, and who has the right to tell whose story in the archives. The nuts and bolts of oral history will be covered extensively, offering you the opportunity to submit your own projects for feedback and development in project design, interviewing, transcription, preservation, and access.
Who should attend? Anyone interested in learning more about how to design and execute successful oral history projects.
What should you know already? No prior knowledge or experience needed
