This workshop will address our instructors' common pursuit of ethical collaboration with narrators who may employ nontraditional communication styles. Workshop days will be divided between exercises, short talks, hands-on tutorials, listening sessions, project design, and interview practice. Participants will have an opportunity to collaborate with interviewees...Read More»»

This six-day hands-on workshop draws connections between song, speech, and memory. Days will be divided between talks, screenings, listening sessions, and field recording. Throughout, guest artists will join us as we pursue the motives and methods of song collectors, past and present-day....Read More

Come all ye budding oral historians, radio documentarians, writers, filmmakers, media advocates, and photographers who wish to make of use of oral history in your practices. This immersive summer workshop is a rigorous introduction to the field of Oral History. Over the course of eight days, we will cover interview techniques, project design, recording tutorials, and ethics, along with special topics related to the field...Read More

For those interested in bringing your oral histories to the airwaves, this five-day intensive workshop covers the fundamentals of radio storytelling, focusing...Read More

For many of us, family is the obvious—and sometimes most complicated—place to start our work as oral historians. In this workshop, participants will learn how to use oral history to document and preserve their family stories. We’ll discuss common challenges: convincing your family to participate, delving into sensitive subjects and secrets, and working with interviewees who may suffer from memory loss...Read More