Category: Thinking Big Videos

Thinking Big: Don Ritchie

This episode of “Thinking Big” features Don Ritchie, United States Senate Historian and author of “Doing Oral History.” Ritchie discusses the impact of digital technologies on the practice of oral history. Tweet

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Thinking Big: Brian O’Hagan

This episode of “Thinking Big” features Brian O’Hagan of the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning.  O’Hagan discusses digital technologies and their integration into pedagogy and higher education. Oral History in the Digital Age project, funded by IMLS. /.  Thinking Big was co-produced by Doug Boyd and Intelligent Television. Tweet

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Thinking Big: Jonah Bossewitch

This episode of “Thinking Big” features Jonah Bossewitch of the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning and a doctoral student at the Columbia School of Journalism. Bossewitch discusses current and future trends with regard to oral history and digital technologies as well as reflects on oral history’s potential role in scholarly publishing in …

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Thinking Big: Mary Marshall Clark

This episode of “Thinking Big” features Mary Marshall Clark, Director of the Columbia Center for Oral History at Columbia University. Clark reflects on designing oral history projects in a digital age, as well as on the role of oral history in today’s society.   Tweet

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Thinking Big: Guha Shankar

This episode of “Thinking Big” features Guha Shankar, Folklife Specialist at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Shankar discusses the role of digital recording technologies in contemporary oral history fieldwork.   Tweet

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Thinking Big: Peggy Bulger

This episode of “Thinking Big” features Peggy Bulger, director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress from 1999-2011.  Bulger discusses oral history’s role at the American Folklife Center and reflects on the changing digital environment for access and preservation of oral history.   Tweet

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Thinking Big: Doug Boyd

Oral History in the Digital Age

In this segment of Thinking Big, Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries provides an overview of the Oral History in the Digital Age project. Tweet

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Thinking Big: Kara Van Malssen

This episode of “Thinking Big” features video preservation specialist Kara Van Malssen. Van Malssen discusses digital video preservation and its importance to oral history. Tweet

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Thinking Big: Doug Oard

Doug Oard, Professor of Information Studies at the University of Maryland discusses the current state of automatic speech recognition and oral history. Tweet

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Thinking Big: Sady Sullivan

This episode of “Thinking Big” features Sady Sullivan, Director of Oral History at the Brooklyn Historical Society. Sullivan reflects on utilizing oral history in a museum exhibit context.  Specifically, she discusses engaging community in the creation of an exhibit featuring veterans of the Vietnam War.   Tweet

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