
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