H-OralHist

Deindustrialization and Its Aftermath is a four-day interdisciplinary conference co-organized by the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) at Concordia University and the Scottish Oral History Centre at Strathclyde University in Glasgow. The conference will bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines as well as artists, musicians, poets, digital practitioners, filmmakers, community-based projects, and others who are engaging with deindustrialization, its aftermath, and working-class resistance. Its guiding principle is the study of cultural, political, and socio-economic effects of deindustrialization.

Hi all,

I've been working on transcribing some interviews with folks involved in founding a local community-based organization.  Some of the interviewees talk in run-on sentences and, in the case of a couple, talk over each other.  This style of speech reflects who they are and their relationship.  I have found myself conflicted, however, about how to type their words -- whether to break up the sentences, how to indicate that they are talking simultaneously, etc.  And, of course, there's the um's, ah's, "you know" question -- to include or not to include.  I am very interested in your ideas about these issues and about transcription as a feminist/political activity.  Also, if the interviews are going to be archived, do they need to be time-coded?