Holly Thomas Oral History
true stories
Recording an interview means so much more than pushing play. It's a relational process that requires an oral historian to listen deeply in order to help a narrator evoke her own life experiences.
Introduction to Oral History
Workshop: 3 hours
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An introduction to essential concepts combined with a practical, hands-on workshop: How to get started, project design, question development and interview do's and don'ts. Includes a listening session, a practice interview and an evaluation of the practice interview, as well as discussion of transcribing and metadata. Finally, the workshop covers archiving versus public-facing outcomes.
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For high school and community college students and communities of all kinds.
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Workshops

Oral History for Nonfiction Writers
Workshops: 1.5 & 3 hours
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For nonfiction and memoir writers who want to include interview techniques in their research. (1.5 hours)
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Advanced workshop offered for writers who want to explore how oral history can help them capture memory, embodied experience and a sense of place in both the natural world and the built environment. (3 hours)
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