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Thursday, June 27, 2019
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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https://www.sciencehistory.org/event/creating-narrative-podcasts-with-oral-histories
Producing podcasts offers an appealing option for anyone interested in creating audio stories built around oral history. This workshop will introduce participants to the basics of creating a narrative podcast using oral histories. We’ll discuss the elements and steps involved in creating a 25-minute podcast episode: the necessary equipment (as well as tips and tricks) required for narrative reporting and audio gathering, how to use oral histories in a narrative podcast, how to gather additional archival materials, and best practices for scripting and editing. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops and a project they’re currently working on.
The workshop will teach skills useful for students, teachers, researchers, oral history practitioners, and a variety of jobs in academic and public organizations. We’ll also offer insight into how to engage students in project-based learning, along with practical ways to incorporate podcast production into curriculums, from syllabus design, through scaffolded assignments, to guiding students through their final edits.
The Institute has been conducting interviews for more than 30 years and has roughly 5,000 hours of recordings in its collections. We are one of the only institutions in the United States to focus our oral history work on scientists from diverse disciplinary fields. Distillations exists where science and the humanities overlap. Each episode of Distillations podcast takes a deep dive into a moment of science-related history in order to shed light on the present.
The workshop will teach skills useful for students, teachers, researchers, oral history practitioners, and a variety of jobs in academic and public organizations. We’ll also offer insight into how to engage students in project-based learning, along with practical ways to incorporate podcast production into curriculums, from syllabus design, through scaffolded assignments, to guiding students through their final edits.
The Institute has been conducting interviews for more than 30 years and has roughly 5,000 hours of recordings in its collections. We are one of the only institutions in the United States to focus our oral history work on scientists from diverse disciplinary fields. Distillations exists where science and the humanities overlap. Each episode of Distillations podcast takes a deep dive into a moment of science-related history in order to shed light on the present.
