Oral History
Posts about planning, recording, preserving, and sharing oral histories and personal testimony.
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Greg Baldwin Oral History: Memory and Activism in the AIDS Era
A two-day oral history with Greg Baldwin became a layered digital presentation of Miami LGBTQ+ history — video, full audio, transcript, context, and a public-knowledge afterlife. This is the story, the presentation, and the toolkit behind…
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The Enthusiast’s Guide to Getting Started with Oral History
A practical introduction to planning, recording and preserving oral-history interviews for family, community and cultural-heritage projects.
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Crowdsourcing Historical Memory with TellHistory
TellHistory combined crowdsourced video memories with themes, timelines, and maps to place personal stories within larger historical contexts. Founders Alex Whitcomb and Sarah Hayes discuss how they lowered barriers to contribution, built participation, used social media…
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Heritage Podcasting Resources to Get You Started
Practical recommendations for recording equipment, audio quality and workflows to help cultural-heritage practitioners produce podcasts and oral-history recordings worth preserving.
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Bringing “Paisley’s Past” into the 21st Century with Community Archaeology
Paisley’s Past began with frustration that an important Scottish town’s heritage was being neglected—and with the realization that waiting for someone else to act was not enough. This first installment follows the project as it moves…
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Hometown Heritage Media Network: Empowering Community Heritage Preservation
Hometown Heritage proposed a community-centered media network for helping people preserve local history through oral history, DIY preservation, community museums, and shared digital resources. The idea grew from work in Natchitoches and from a conviction that…
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Greg Lemon on Podcasting to Keep the Storytelling Tradition Alive
MythShow creator Greg Lemon considers podcasting as a contemporary extension of oral storytelling rather than a break from tradition. The conversation connects myths, performance, web publishing, and the practical work of building a quality digital presence.…