Exploring the developments that have occurred in the practice of oral history since digital audio and video became viable, this book explores various groundbreaking projects in the history of digital oral history, distilling the insights of pioneers in the field and applying them to the constantly changing electronic landscape of today.

Autorentext
William Schneider, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA Sherna Berger Gluck, California State University Long Beach, USA Charles Hardy III, West Chester University, USA Gerald Zahavi, SUNY Albany, USA Marjorie McLellan, Wright State University, USA Tom Ikeda, Densho Project, USA Dean Rehberger, Michigan State University, USA Elinor Mazé, Baylor University, USA Stephen Sloan, Baylor University, USA

Inhalt
Introduction Douglas A. Boyd and Mary A. Larson Part I - Orality/Aurality Chapter 1: "Oral History in the Age of Digital Possibilities" by William Schneider Chapter 2: "WHY DO WE CALL IT ORAL HISTORY? Refocusing on Orality/Aurality in the Digital Age" by Sherna Berger Gluck Chapter 3: "Adventures in Sound: Aural History, the Digital Revolution, and the Making of I Can Almost See the Lights of Home: A Field Trip to Harlan County Kentucky" by Charles Hardy III Chapter 4: "'I Just Want to Click on it to Listen': Oral History Archives, Orality and Usability" by Douglas A. Boyd Part II Discovery and Discourse Chapter 5: "Beyond the Transcript: Oral History as Pedagogy" by Marjorie McLellan Chapter 6: "Notes from the Field: Digital History and Oral History" by Gerald Zahavi Chapter 7: "Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project" by Tom Ikeda Chapter 8: "Deconstruction without Destruction: Creating Metadata for Oral History in a Digital World" by Elinor Mazé Chapter 9: "'We All Begin with a Story': Discovery and Discourse in the Digital Realm" by Mary A. Larson Part III - Oral History and Digital Humanities Perspectives Chapter 10: "Swimming in the Exaflood: Oral History as Information in the Digital Age" by Stephen Sloan Chapter 11: "[o]ral [h]istory and the [d]igital [h]umanities" by Dean Rehberger