Details

  • When: Thursday 12 June 2025 4:00 pm - Thursday 12 June 2025 5:00 pm

    Online event using Teams

  • Admission: Admission Free
  • Booking: No booking required (drop-in)

Information

This session will introduce you to the dos and don’ts of conducting oral history interviews. We will look at the three stages: preparation pre interview, the interview itself, and post interview tasks. We will work through the following topics

  • Why oral history? What is it?
  • Planning for an oral history interview
  • The practice and ethics of informed consent
  • Interviewing techniques
  • Creating interview questions
  • Recording tools and tips
  • Preservation – working with community vs. institutional archives
  • Access – how to share your story with others through creative projects

Event Partners

Contact Details

donna.heddle@uhi.ac.uk

Contact Email: donna.heddle@uhi.ac.uk