Free Oral History Course on 1913 Lockout

1913 Lockout – Alternative Visions

Oral History Group

Training Course in Oral History Skills

 

  • Are you a trade union member or are you a resident of an area or a member of a family with strong connections to the 1913 Lockout?
  • Are you interested in recording and preserving stories of the Lockout and analysing its importance one hundred years on?
  • Would you like to contribute to an oral history of the Lockout to be published in 2013?

 

If the answer is ‘yes’, you might be interested in taking part in a FREE Oral History Training Course which is FETAC accredited and begins on Saturday, 15 September at 9.30 am in the TEEU training centre, 6 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1.

    Irish Citizen Army veterans at Liberty Hall

 

At the end of this course, participants will:

  • Be aware of ethical and legal issues associated with the interviewing processes involved in oral history and social science research
  • Gain an overview of oral history collection in Ireland
  • Understand what is involved in designing a project e.g. background research, identifying sources
  • Be able to draw up a checklist of what they will need to start project, including the design of appropriate consent forms
  • Use different types of questioning in an interview
  • Become familiar with digital recording equipment and saving and preservation of recordings
  • Understand how to summarise and/or transcribe an interview and prepare its transcription for publication
  • Know how to edit digital recordings and prepare them for use in film/radio/website broadcast
  • Become familiar with the range of resources available in trade union and working class communities.

 

The course will run for six weeks: 7-9 pm on Wednesday nights and 9.30 am to 12.30 pm on three Saturday mornings (to be arranged with course participants).

 

There will be a limited number of places available so early booking is essential. Please sign up by Friday, 31 August by contacting Mary Muldowney (087 798 8330) or Ida Milne (087 220 7994), or email us at: 1913alternativevisions@gmail.com

 

When applying don’t forget to provide your:

  • Name and contact details
  • Union (if any)
  • Any previous experience of local history or oral history e.g. at school or college
  • Membership of a local history group
  • If you own or have access to audio equipment
  • If you own or have access to a computer?

Padraig Yeates on August 7, 2012 | Filed Under Uncategorized