If you are planning to transcribe interviews for your oral history project, you will probably opt to use an AI transcription service. These services make the transcription process easier and faster by producing a rough transcription from your audio files, which the transcriber then manually corrects. In this blog post, we will compare two common … Continue reading Choosing a Transcription Service: Otter.ai vs. Trint
The Grounded Knowledge Project creates gathering spaces for scholars committed to community-based research and public humanities in religious studies and builds resources for the ongoing development of this work. As part of this initiative, the Institute for Diversity and Civic Life convened a retreat in June 2023 for the members of the Luce Foundation COVID-19 … Continue reading Announcing the Grounded Knowledge Project Micro-grant Awardees
The Institute for Diversity and Civic Life is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a grant for $290,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to support the Grounded Knowledge Project. The Grounded Knowledge Project will create gathering spaces both in-person and online for scholars committed to community engaged research and public humanities in religious … Continue reading IDCL awarded Luce grant for the Grounded Knowledge Project
This is a step-by-step piece on oral history interviewing. We will discuss designing an oral history collection, background research, and getting in touch with narrators. Lastly, we’re going to address pre-interviewing and interviewing best practices. Step One: Project Design and Background Research As we’ve mentioned in the first episode of this series, oral historians, before … Continue reading “Do you have another question?” Oral History Interviewing: Ethics and Best Practices
In early 2021, IDCL received a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to launch the Migration Narratives Project, a rapid-response grantmaking program to support the work of scholars, activists and artists exploring the stories of immigrants and refugees in Texas through narrative, oral history and other interpretive storytelling methods. We awarded grants to 21 recipients. Today, we're … Continue reading Migration Narratives Project Digital Exhibit
By Rimsha Syed Photo by Austin American-Statesman Over the past month, Austin has witnessed a rise in antisemitism. Community leaders are rallying behind Austin’s Jewish residents following a string of antisemitic incidents - including arson at a synagogue. The incidents come as nearly 1 out of every 4 Jews in the US indicate experiencing antisemitism … Continue reading Jewish communities in Austin, San Marcos, and San Antonio targeted by neo-Nazi groups
This year marked the 20th anniversary of September 11. To document this day, IDCL and I-AMM hosted an event to commemorate the tragic losses and reflect on the long-term consequences that have shaped the lives of Texans over the past twenty years. Our panelists Dr. Habiba Noor, Dr. Banafsheh Madaninejad, Ramish Nadeem, and Dr. Roy … Continue reading Reflecting on 9/11 Twenty Years Later
Charm and coquetry, Hossein Behzad Curating digital oral history archives is a widely discussed digital-age topic in our field. What follows is a discussion around Religions Texas’ archiving and processing method. Metadata When we meet with the narrator for the interview, before we begin, we usually ask them to share with us a few biographical details … Continue reading Digital Archiving at Religions Texas
Cat (Sketches from Life), Shen Zhou The day before the interview, I grab a journal and simply jot down a few questions that I definitely want to ask and leave some space in between each to write down follow up topics when I conduct the actual interview. There are times when people jump from topic to … Continue reading Interviewing: Our Experience
The Apple Paring, Clementine Hunter This is a step-by-step piece on oral history interviewing. We will discuss designing an oral history collection, background research, and getting in touch with narrators. Lastly, we’re going to address pre-interviewing and interviewing best practices. Step One: Project Design and Background Research As we’ve mentioned in the first episode of … Continue reading “Do you have another question?” Oral History Interviewing: Ethics and Best Practices | Episode Three
