This past week, well now about a week and a half ago, we were given two things to read over our spring break unless we did it before we left but lets be real, why do something ahead of time? pshh!
So these readings were about oral history, which is spoken and out loud, you know? Well in the first reading, What is Oral History? the main point is that speaking about things is important to pass on information in history. Oral history can be attained through story, simple communication, and mostly interviews. Towards the end they stress how to have a good interview and I found this quote to be important and useful for the future. "The best interviews have a measured, thinking-out-loud quality, as perceptive questions work and rework a particular topic, encouraging the narrator to remember details, seeking to clarify that which is muddled, making connections among seemingly disconnected recollections, challenging contradictions, evoking assessments of what it all meant then and what it means now. "
The second reading, Like it Was, again is about oral history and conducting interviews. This chapter was filled with information to help one write a biography on someone. It helps you to determine who exactly you want to interview and what types of questions to ask. They included practical tips for interviewing and I thought that all of this information is going to be very useful and I plan to go back to this site frequently to get ideas.
So these readings were about oral history, which is spoken and out loud, you know? Well in the first reading, What is Oral History? the main point is that speaking about things is important to pass on information in history. Oral history can be attained through story, simple communication, and mostly interviews. Towards the end they stress how to have a good interview and I found this quote to be important and useful for the future. "The best interviews have a measured, thinking-out-loud quality, as perceptive questions work and rework a particular topic, encouraging the narrator to remember details, seeking to clarify that which is muddled, making connections among seemingly disconnected recollections, challenging contradictions, evoking assessments of what it all meant then and what it means now. "
The second reading, Like it Was, again is about oral history and conducting interviews. This chapter was filled with information to help one write a biography on someone. It helps you to determine who exactly you want to interview and what types of questions to ask. They included practical tips for interviewing and I thought that all of this information is going to be very useful and I plan to go back to this site frequently to get ideas.