Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Explore: Oral History


The Salem Willows, Photos - Jenny Johnson

Hearing Sound in Scapes -
Time and Place



Aurality and Orality - 2 sides of the same coin. Time, Place and People are critical elements to consider in your documentary. Before we begin, let me recommend a very simple read...
Radio: An Illustrated Guide by Jessica Abel & Ira Glass (publisher: W B E Z Alliance, Chicago). – available Amazon.com.

Who is Ira Glass? Read his Manifesto
http://www.transom.org/guests/review/200406.review.glass1.html

What is Audio Documentary? http://documentaries.about.com/od/audio/Audio_Documentary_Podcasts_Webcasts_and_Radio.htm

What is Oral History?
www.elon.edu/festle/oralhistory.htm

How to do History? www.dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/oralHistory.html#LINKS

Howard Dully - My Lobotomy (6:28) (http://npr.org/)http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014080
Related Story http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5016775


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Sounds So Good



Sound Memories
http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/workbooks/legler6.html

Sound Archive and Restoration http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/scrapbook/quest.vmerrick.html

Sonic Memorial Project (World Trade Center)
http://sonicmemorial.org/sonic/public/
http://sonicmemorial.org/public/stories.html

Reflections on 911
http://understandingamerica.publicradio.org/

Sacrifice
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/daysofinfamy/index.html

Galveston Hurricane!!!!!!!!
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/000908.stories.html


Sound and Spirit
http://www.wgbh.org/pages/pri/spirit/