Share the Wealth: Bringing Oral History to the Public

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

After conducting oral history interviews, how can you share the stories and voices that you’ve captured? Learn about bringing oral history to the public in creative, engaging ways to reach a wide audience beyond the archive. In this workshop, Southern Oral History Program faculty and staff will introduce participants to public and digital exhibits, podcasts, and performances, drawing from examples at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Participants will learn how to develop their own public oral history projects across the physical and digital worlds, from big-picture planning to specific tasks such as editing audio clips for a podcast, creating QR codes, producing visual materials for display, and setting up interactive listening stations where visitors can hear the voices from your oral history collection. Workshop leaders will introduce participants to a variety of platforms, such as SoundCloud, Paperless Post, and Word Press, for use in hosting oral history interviews and publicizing special events.

Sub Unit

• OHA Annual Meeting

Workshop Leaders

• Rachel F Seidman, Southern Oral History Program, UNC Chapel Hill

• Jaycie Vos, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Taylor Livingston, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill