I really fell in love with collecting oral histories when I took my qualitative research class in grad school. I created a project on Black queer experiences of love and relationships and it was so enlightening to hear the experiences of the interviewees (mostly my friends). I want to do something like that again on a larger scale and incorporate my artwork into it.
That sounds so interesting. Did you ever publish anything about that project? It’s hard not to fall in love with oral history. Even though, like all things, it has its difficulties. Can’t wait to see what you do!
Super interesting to learn about your interview methods! I learned to interview as a journalist on the job rather than in school and I also definitely struggle with how bad some of my early interviews were - but then without them I would’ve never made it to where I am today. Thank you for sharing your history too.
I really fell in love with collecting oral histories when I took my qualitative research class in grad school. I created a project on Black queer experiences of love and relationships and it was so enlightening to hear the experiences of the interviewees (mostly my friends). I want to do something like that again on a larger scale and incorporate my artwork into it.
That sounds so interesting. Did you ever publish anything about that project? It’s hard not to fall in love with oral history. Even though, like all things, it has its difficulties. Can’t wait to see what you do!
Super interesting to learn about your interview methods! I learned to interview as a journalist on the job rather than in school and I also definitely struggle with how bad some of my early interviews were - but then without them I would’ve never made it to where I am today. Thank you for sharing your history too.
I've embraced that the early cringe is part of the learning process! We'll see where the new methods take me :)