Presented by the Oral History Centre (OHC) | University of Winnipeg
In defining oral history and discussing the lifecycle of the interview, “archive” often serves as a terse end to a process that privileges the processes of collecting. But oral history is a continuous archival process, the administrative labour of which begins before the interviews, and continues long after an interview is deposited in an archive. This presentation explores how oral history best practices – a pre-custodial approach designed to support the preservation of born digital collections – can be applied to extant collections in order to facilitate discoverability and access. It extends the lifecycle of the interview to include post-custodial archival processes by outlining the administrative labour and technical processing required to support long-term ethical and functional access to oral history collections, and the re-use of interviews.
Panellists
Brett Lougheed was appointed Director of the Oral History Centre in March 2019. He is an archivist having received a Joint Master’s Degree in Arts (Archival Studies) from the University of Winnipeg / University of Manitoba in 2005. Following graduation, he served as Digital Archivist at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections before becoming University Archivist and Digital Curator at the University of Winnipeg Archives in 2014. His research interests include examining the intersections between reconciliation and digital archives, including web archives and online descriptions of records. He has published articles on his role in Indigenizing metadata at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and within the Association for Manitoba Archives’ Manitoba Archival Information Network and presented at conferences around the world on diverse topics such as social media in archives, digital infrastructure, and the development of the Two-Spirit Archives.
Kent Davies is an Adjunct Professor and the Audio Technician at the Oral History Centre. He provides faculty, staff, students and affiliate OHC members with the equipment, technical support, learning tools and resources needed in order to complete Oral History research projects. He assists in the development and preservation of the OHC projects and digital archive. He has an extensive background in radio broadcasting, and serves on the board of CKUW 95.9 FM. Kent has worked extensively on digitization projects and research involving the preservation of oral history interviews. Kent is also the primary researcher of the Harvest Moon Society Oral History Project, and is a collaborator in the Manitoba Food History Project.
Kimberley Moore is an Adjunct Professor and the Programming and Collections Specialist at the University of Winnipeg Oral History Centre. She teaches workshops in oral history, develops educational resources, assists in ongoing oral history projects, and co-manages the Oral History Centre’s archival collections. Kim’s areas of expertise are the preservation and accessibility of oral history collections. She is a collaborator in the Manitoba Food History Project, and is the editor of the project’s story maps: “Stories of Food in Place,” the project’s photographer, and co-author of the forthcoming book The Manitoba Food History Atlas. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Winnipeg and a Master of Arts from Concordia University.