Oral History
_Purpose:
Record the oral history of one participant whose stories inform/shape your collaborative research project. This project should be posted under your Oral History tab and should be linked to an entry on your annotated bibliography page as one of your sources.
Focus:
Your participant’s most compelling story. You should have a focus for your interview questions and your research, but if other stories or themes emerge from your conversations, please follow those leads to see where they take you.
Data Collection and Analysis:
The choices you make in presenting the data for this oral history should be grounded in your purpose as a writer and researcher, which, ultimately, impacts how you, your participant, and your audience make meaning from this project. You have two options for this project:
- Post on your website at least 30 minutes of video or audio from your one interview.
- Post a 500-word transcription of the interview (transcriptions should maintain the dialect and voice of the participant—don’t edit for grammar or syntax, etc.).
Record the oral history of one participant whose stories inform/shape your collaborative research project. This project should be posted under your Oral History tab and should be linked to an entry on your annotated bibliography page as one of your sources.
Focus:
Your participant’s most compelling story. You should have a focus for your interview questions and your research, but if other stories or themes emerge from your conversations, please follow those leads to see where they take you.
Data Collection and Analysis:
The choices you make in presenting the data for this oral history should be grounded in your purpose as a writer and researcher, which, ultimately, impacts how you, your participant, and your audience make meaning from this project. You have two options for this project:
- Post on your website at least 30 minutes of video or audio from your one interview.
- Post a 500-word transcription of the interview (transcriptions should maintain the dialect and voice of the participant—don’t edit for grammar or syntax, etc.).