Oral histories
Nov 17th, 2007 by AliG
So I had this brilliant idea as I was heading off to bed last night – all to do with the spoken word.
I was thinking how we don’t have very many stories on the website yet, and that for some people that might be because they don’t like writing stuff down. Or at least, they don’t feel very inspired to write stuff down if they think it’s going to take a while. Too much like homework, maybe?
So… I’m thinking… seeing as I’m going to the Canaan Downs Festival this year and there’ll be a bunch of Gathering crew in attendance – why don’t I get myself a little tape recorder and do some interviews? Then I can put them up on the website as sound files which you can listen to.
Oral histories!
And then I thought… I could probably find Gatherers too and do the same thing… and then I thought… I could invite you to do the same and send them in to me and we can put those up too!
I’ll have a chat with the guys at Shift on Monday and figure out the best way to do it – what digital format is best, how we access them on the website etc – and I’ll create a new page on the website in the How to send us stuff section – with instructions on how to do it and what I need you to send me.
What do you reckon? Think it might work?
Yo Ali babe! great idea. you are dead right it is a little like homework (and some of us like keeping our heads down too!)
Look forward to catching up with you at New Years, thanks so much for putting this all together! it’s so nice to have a place to give me a smile when I’m procrastinating at work.
heh. Thanks Mel – I thought that might be why! Hopefully people will be happier talking rather than writing – we shall see at New Year – it’ll be great to see you then!