The annual conference of the Oral History Network of Ireland in association with
the Department of History, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
Our conference programme is now available to download – OH in a Digital World_Programme_Final
Abstracts for the conference can be downloaded here – Abstract Book
10.00 – 10.45 | Registration |
10.45 – 12.30 | Workshop Session 1 |
Workshop A: Interviewing Basics with Maura Cronin
Workshop B: Using Audacity for Oral History Audio Editing with David F. Moloney |
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12.30 – 13.45 | Lunch (at leisure) & Posters / Display |
13.45 – 15.15 | Panel Session 1: Ethics & Legalities |
Ethical dilemmas and digital technologies: how are oral historians managing? Oral History in a GDPR world: online access and sensitivity reviews at the British Library. Unlocking the Potential of National Museums Northern Ireland’s Sound Archive. |
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15.15 – 15.35 | Tea / Coffee Break |
15.35 – 17.05 | Panel Session 2A & 2B |
Panel 2A: Recovering hidden stories
Digital conversations and women religious: Breaking the Silence. Interviewing the interviewers: an oral history of Irish journalism. Sport, Memory and Nostalgia: The Lives of Irish Republicans in Internment Camps and Prisons, 1971-2000s. Park Central Mall: A symbol of everyday life in Arizona during the 1950s. |
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Panel 2B: Incorporating new technologiesSocial media and oral history: Digital Detective Work, Dissemination and Dilemmas. Kieran Murphy (Cork Folklore Project)Learning through sharing stories: working towards new connectivities between the Irish and Indigenous nations in the digital age. Aedan Alderson (York University) The Irish Cinema Audiences (1950-1960) project and the video-interview format: the visual component of the oral history interview. |
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17.05 – 17.15 | Comfort Break |
17.15 – 18.30 | Keynote Address: Doug Boyd |
Accelerating Change: Oral History and Innovation | |
19.00 | Opening Reception: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick City |
20.00 | Conference Dinner: Locke Bar, Limerick City |
**Please note: Due to space limitations, delegates wishing to attend the conference dinner must book and pay by 14 June ** | |
08.30 – 09.00 | Registration |
09.00 – 10.45 | Workshop Session 2 |
Workshop C: Introduction to OHMS: Enhancing Access to Online Oral History with Doug Boyd | |
10.45 – 11.05 | Tea / Coffee Break |
11.05 – 12.25 | Panel Session 3: Moments |
Sharing Memories. Arlene White (Killaloe-Ballina Local History Society)Mapping stories of the city’; oral narratives of Dublin. Charles Duggan, Arlene Crampsie and Kelly Fitzgerald (Dublin City Council & UCD)The ongoing ethics conversation: responses to Cork’s Main Streets, an online oral history project. Penny Johnston (Cork Folklore Project)Tea at the Metropole Hotel: In Conversation with Michael Twomey. Fiona Brennan (Independent Researcher)The Art of conversation -‘Stories Between Us’ – creating an intergenerational platform to explore past times. Janine Davidson (Artist & Independent Researcher) |
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12.25 – 13.40 | Lunch (at leisure) & OHNI AGM |
13.40 – 15.10 | Panel Session 4A & 4B |
Panel 4A: Interviewing across the generations History for everyone: Teaching inclusive and democratic history by constructing digital oral history documentaries. Wudha Yarbi-dya: Our Elder’s Stories in the World of the Digital. |
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Panel 4B: Engagement and DisseminationYour Tenement Memories: Engagement, Outreach, and Oral History. Kate Chandler (Dublin City Council Culture Company)Applying digitisation to oral history for exhibition: processes, problems and advantages. Robert Flatley (Knock Museum, Co. Mayo)Human Connections and Oral History in the Digital Age. Angela Whitecross & James McSharry (University of Manchester) |
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15.10 – 15.30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
15.30 – 17.00 | Panel Session 5A & 5B |
Panel 5A: Changing Contexts
Putting talk online: what’s the story with the human voice? Oral History Transcription From a Linguistic Perspective. Genre Differentiations: Oral Narratives and Memoir in the Digital Age. |
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Panel 5B: Poster / Display Session
Two digital oral history projects: Cork Memory Map and Cork’s Main Streets. Voices of Bere Island: Oral History through community radio. The Art of conversation -‘Stories Between Us’ – creating an intergenerational platform to explore past times. |
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17.00 – 18.00 | Panel Session 6: ‘The future of digital oral histories’ |
18.00 | Closing Address |