"Exploring the developments that have occurred in the practice of oral history since digital audio and video became viable, this book explores various groundbreaking projects in the history of digital oral history, distilling the insights of pioneers in the field and applying them to the constantly changing electronic landscape of today." (Publisher description)
INTRODUCTION, 1
Douglas A. Boyd and Mary A. Larson
PART I: ORALITY /AURALITY
1 Oral History in the Age of Digital Possibilities / William Schneider, 19
2 Why Do We Call It Oral History? Refocusing on Orality/Aurality in the Digital Age / Sherna Berger Gluck, 35
3 Adventures in Sound: Aural History, the Digital Revolution, and the Making of " 'I Can Almost See the Lights of Home': A Field Trip to Harlan County, Kentucky" / Charles Hardy III, 53
4 "I Just Want to Click on It to Listen": Oral History Archives, Orality, and Usability / Douglas A. Boyd, 77
PART II: DISCOVERY AND DISCOURSE
5 Beyond the Transcript: Oral History as Pedagogy / Marjorie L. McLellan, 99
6 Notes from the Field: Digital History and Oral History / Gerald Zahavi, 119
7 Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project / Tom Ikeda, 133
8 Deconstruction Without Destruction: Creating Metadata for Oral History in a Digital World / Elinor Mazé, 145
9 "We All Begin with a Story": Discovery and Discourse in the Digital Realm / Mary Larson, 157
PART III: ORAL HISTORY AND DIGITAL HUMANITIES PERSPECTIVES
10 Swimming in the Exaflood: Oral History as Information in the Digital Age / Stephen M. Sloan, 175
11 [O]ral [h]istory and the [d]igital [h]umanities / Dean Rehberger, 187