Presentation: Session 1 PowerPoint (PDF)

Homework:

• Read pages 1-17 of The American Folklife Center: Folklife and Fieldwork: An Introduction to Cultural Documentation (link to download PDF)
• Brainstorm one tradition in your community you’d like to learn more about. Who would you interview and why?
• Draft a list of 10 questions you would ask the interviewee.
• Jot down any questions you have from Session 1 that we didn’t cover.

Recording: Session 1 Recording (YouTube link)

Presentation: Session 2 PowerPoint (PDF)

Homework:

• Read pages 18-40 of The American Folklife Center: Folklife and Fieldwork: An Introduction to Cultural Documentation (link to download PDF)
• Practice interviewing someone—your interviewee identified in your Session 1 homework, or maybe a family member. Stay safe and follow CDC guidelines. Aim for a minimum of 15 minutes.
• Jot down any questions you have from Session 2 that we didn’t cover.

Additional Handouts:

• Archival Survey Worksheet (Microsoft Word Document)
• Zoom H1n Audio Recorder Manual (PDF)
• Sample Interview Record Template (Microsoft Word Document)
• Sample AFTA Deed of Gift / Release Form (Fillable PDF)
• Sample AFTA Participant Info Data Form (Fillable PDF)

Recording: Session 2 Recording (YouTube link)

• Library of Congress Personal Digital Archiving Resources: The Library of congress provides a range of informational sources on digital preservation, including pamphlets, guides, slideshows, and videos.
• Purdue’s Digital Archiving Libguide: This guide offers digital archiving basics, in addition to detailed information on preservation for different digital formats and secure storage options.
• University of Michigan’s Digital Archiving LibGuide: Originally published in print as a zine, this LibGuide offers tips on digital archiving, and includes information specific to text, image, audio, and video files, as well as links to additional resources.
• University of Michigan’s “Bits and Pieces” Blog: This blog, also published by University of Michigan Libraries, is a great resource if you are interested in learning more about digital preservation. Their posts focus on a wide range of digital preservation issues and topics, and is an approachable way to learn more about this area of archiving.

• American Association for State and Local History Technical Leaflets
• Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach by Beverly Serrell (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) (book)

• Black Lives Matter Archival Resources (PDF)
• “Community Histories, Community Archives: Some Opportunities and Challenges” (PDF) by Andrew Flinn, University College London. Article from the Journal of the Society of Archivists (October 2007).
• Digital_Humanities by Anne Burdick, Johanna Drucker, Peter Lunenfeld, Todd Presner and Schnapp Jeffrey (book)
• Folklore Advocacy Toolkit by the American Folklore Society (online resource)
• The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook (online resource)
• Internet Archive (website)
• National Folklore Archives by the American Folklore Society (more info on project here)
• Tesseract Center for Immersive Environments and Game Design at UARK.
  

Digital Archiving Tools

• Plateau People’s Web Portal

Community Archives Sites

• A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland

Digital Humanities Projects

• Mapping Police Violence

Online Exhibits

• Kentucky Folklife Program’s A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green
  
• Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts’ Coming Home, Hog Style: Homecoming Memories Through the Years

Community Tours

• Horse Cave, Kentucky’s Horse Cave Stories

Traveling Exhibits (Retractable Banners)

• Traditional Arts Indiana Traveling Exhibits
• Kentucky Folklife Program’s Our Handmade Heritage

Easy Oral History Presentation

• Western Kentucky University’s Folk Studies SoundCloud
• Kentucky Folklife Program’s YouTube Channel

Narrative Stages

•  Kentucky Arts Council’s Folk Arts Narrative Stage at Francisco’s Farm Art Fair (YouTube video)

Web Resources

• The American Folklore Society
• Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts – Resources for Remote Interviewing: Advice for interviewing while social distancing during COVID-19.
• Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts – Documenting COVID-19: Useful whether you would like to participate in AFTA’s project or work on one on your own.
• Digital Omnium: A blog by Doug Boyd, an oral historian widely regarded as an expert in regards to equipment and interview indexing.
• Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History: This center is based at the University of Kentucky.
• Oral History Association
• Oral History in the Digital Age: The website is a product of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership project and a collaboration among the Michigan State University Museum; Michigan State University Digital Humanities Center, Matrix; the American Folklife Center (AFC/LOC), the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH); the American Folklore Society (AFS); the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries; and the Oral History Association.
• Veterans History Project in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress

Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Interview Documentation Templates

• Interview Record (Microsoft Word Document)
• Audio Log (Microsoft Word Document)
• Transcription (Microsoft Word Document )
• Photo Log (Microsoft Word Document)

• Manchester Histories Toolkit: Creating Your Own Archive (PDF)
• Archives Association of British Columbia: A Manual for Small Archives (PDF)
• Library of Congress: “Your Personal Archiving Project: Where Do You Start?” (PDF)

• Georgia Archives “Guidelines for Selecting Storage Supplies” (PDF): This handout provides a detailed overview of archival supplies that are recommended for various formats and types of materials.
• Texas Historical Commission’s “Collection Protection” Handout (PDF): This handout from a webinar on this topic provides a list of reputable archival/museum supply companies, as well as definitions of various terminology you may find in descriptions of these supplies. While this handout is geared towards museum objects, much of what it covers also applies to paper-based archival materials.

• Audacity – free audio software
• Facebook – social media platform
• Flickr – online photo organization
• Hindenburg – podcasting and audio editing software
• History Pin – crowd sourced mapping
• Instagram – social media platform particularly great for photos and graphics
• Neatline – mapping plug in for Omeka
• Omeka – digital exhibit software
• PastPerfect – museum database and archive management software
• Scalar – online publishing platform for digital materials
• SoundCloud – audio hosting
• Story Map JS – story mapping tool
• Tableau – data visualization tool
• Twitter – social media platform particularly great for short text and blurbs
• Vimeo – video hosting
• WordPress – website hosting and design
• YouTube – video hosting
• ZenCastr – podcasting software also great for online oral history interviewing