Training Day: Oral History: research design, method and practice for community heritage projects.

Mapping Mithras

Training Day: Oral History: research design, method and practice for community heritage projects.

Friday 28^th April, 2023

10am to 4pm

Training at: Mithras House G2, Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4GJ

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Trainer: Dr Sam Carroll – https://samcarroll.org

Places are limited for this free workshop which is open to all from both inside and outside the university.

Hosted by the School of Humanities, University of Brighton.

Workshop information

In this workshop we will explore what is meant by oral history and determine the criteria for best practice.

We will evaluate the strengths of oral history as a research method along with any potential problems that might arise.

We will examine how to write an interview guide in order to elicit the richest responses.

We will look at the practical issues related to planning, recording and backing up an interview and the importance of taking an ethical approach when conducting oral history research.

We will consider what is meant by informed consent, how best to achieve this and who we have a responsibility to in our projects.

We will discuss some ethical scenarios and how best to manage difficult situations.

Finally, we will determine how to record optimum oral histories in terms of audio quality and learn how to save and catalogue audio files and required documents for archival purposes.

Please bring pen and notebook.

Please complete the booking link here to participate: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yd788ilOnndu6QoDoMmZt9hklXnYbvbkw8Ug9f3yuOw/edit