Oral History
Oral History Hello all, how have you guys been since my last post? I hope you’re all doing ok. Today we will be going into another aspect under Digital Humanities which will be Oral History. Oral history is “ the collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events” (Google Dictionary). Some examples of these are podcasts and interviews. I know you must be wondering, how is oral history any different from a photograph or written history? Well, I can say from a viewer’s perspective and from a participant’s perspective the experience is very different. When we listen to oral history there’s more context to the story or event, meaning that you will get a better understanding of what the person has to say by the way they react to different things and the tone of voice they use, the emotions that they express through their language, etc. Oral history can be very personal so whenever you listen to it...