I always get frustrated when I clean my fridge. There are so many little ridges that stuff gets into. I even have to have the door of my fridge open a certain way, which is not logical in the day-to-day
OHD_BLG_0054 Stay Healthy!
We are cyborgs. We are so dependant on our digital devices that we have become cyborgs. I do not even use my phone that much but I am definitely a cyborg. Someone pointed this out during a seminar. They said,
OHD_BLG_0055 Let’s do it slowly sometimes
One of the biggest problems I have discovered while trudging through the world of oral history is that people do oral history projects, make a website, and then that website inevitably dies. This really sucks and is very annoying when
OHD_BLG_0060 Creative Tensions
From conflict to catalyst: using critical conflict as a creative device in design-led innovation practice by Nathan Alexander STERLING, Mark BAILEY, Nick SPENCER, Kate LAMPITT ADEY, Emmanouil CHATZAKIS, Joshua HORNBY I read this on Mark’s recommendation because I was talking
OHD_BLG_0062 Create a bit
Summary of the Createathon 19/04/21 – 23/04/21 I took part in a Createathon because it has been a while since I had done a design workshop and I wondered if I could still do it. During the first day of
OHD_BLG_0063 A Spanner, a Chat and a Gang
Subheading: a meeting with Lucy Porten Bad news first? Or good news first? Lets end on a positive… The Spanner So… The National Trust is not an archive. Every recording is stored at the British Library and you have to
OHD_BLG_0065 New words among other things
Readings: Community archives and the health of the internet by Andrew Prescott Steering Clear of the Rocks: A Look at the Current State of Oral History Ethics in the Digital Age by Mary Larson Sometimes I feel like we are
OHD_BLG_0066 An Archival Impulse
by Hal Foster turn “excavation sites” into “construction sites” No Ghost Just a Shell This is why I want to work with some of the art students because you can get some of this lovely weirdness when you work in
OHD_BLG_0067 Sites of Conscience
by Liv Ševčenko “Heritage can never be outside politics – it is always embedded in changing power relations between people.“ “integrating dialogue into every stage of heritage management, from planning to preservation to interpretation, and allowing for continual evolution.” Museums
OHD_BLG_0068 it’s always language
A couple of weeks ago I learnt about structuralism and post-structuralism and post-modernism. All these concepts that I did not know about and now do know about and think they are fine but not as great as some people think
OHD_BLG_0070 Reading Group – 16/03/21
Readings Families remembering food: revising secondary data by Peter Jackson et al. Secondary analysis reflection: some experiences of re-use from an oral history perspective by Joanna Bornat Dynamic Attitudes Everyone views the world through their own personal lens and academics
OHD_BLG_0072 Community archives and the health of the internet
By Andrew Prescott This was great. A very helpful piece of writing that was in the recommend reading for my seminar Digital Culture: Collaborative projects. The bulk of the text discussed community archives or counter archives, as I have previously