‘Save our Stories’ is an Oral History Project to preserve the living memories and stories of Kildare residents is being launched with an open Seminar on in the Kilcullen Heritage Centre. The event will provide an introduction to Oral History and launch a pilot training course for Kildare participants on recording oral histories of the County.
Oral histories seek to capture and preserve first hand information of life stories or events that would otherwise be lost.
There is a growing interest in recording oral histories among local heritage groups and local history enthusiasts in Kildare. Kildare Leader Partnership invites participants to acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills to record the oral history of County Kildare and in doing so allow Kildare to develop an archive of local oral recordings.
The seminar will be held on the 20th October in the Kilcullen Heritage Centre. It will be an introduction to the fascinating subject of Oral History open to all members of the public. Topics will include:
The training will include the following topics:
DATE | Content to be covered | Venue |
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Saturday 3rd November 2012 | Intro to National Folklore Collection Uses of Oral History |
Naas Community Centre McAuley Place 10am – 3pm |
Wednesday 14th Nov 2012 | Project preparation Sources for Oral History |
Naas Community Centre McAuley Place 7pm - 9pm |
Saturday 24th November 2012 | Interview skills | Naas Community Centre McAuley Place 10am – 3pm |
Wednesday 5th December 2012 | Equipment and archiving Theory & practice |
Naas Community Centre McAuley Place 7pm – 9 pm |
Saturday 15th December 2012 | National Folklore Archive - Site visit Recording and editing |
National Folklore Collection, UCD |
Christmas break | ||
Wednesday 16th January 2013 | Copyright | Naas Community Centre McAuley Place 10am - 3pm |
Saturday 26th January 2013 | Leixlip Library visit Radio skills |
Preparation Library 10am – 3pm |
Wednesday 6th February 2013 | Review session | Naas Community Centre McAuley Place 7pm - 9pm |
The course will take place over a number of Saturdays and one evening a week or a combination.
The course will avail of the following resources:
The course will be a practical course with participants learning through doing.
Dates: Commencing Saturday 3rd November and running for approximately 8 weeks Venue: Naas Community Centre, Sallins Rd, Naas, County Kildare.
Gillian Boland and Dr Kelly Fitzgerald have previously collaborated on educational and training projects in Higher Education and have complementary skills and experience in the field of Folklore and Education.
Gillian Boland has an Honours Degree in English Literature from London University, a post graduate degree in teaching from Greenwich University, UK and a post graduate diploma from the School of Education Trinity College. She lectured in communications studies in the UK for several years and currently runs a learning support department in Higher Education in Dublin. She conducted an extensive oral history project Through Different Eyes in the UK and is a member of the Oral History Network of Ireland.
Dr Kelly Fitzgerald studied in University College Dublin where she gained skills in ethnographic fieldwork through the disicpline of folklore. She was awarded her PhD entitled 'Céitinn Leabhar an tSeanchais: literary and oral interaction in Irish folklore' in 2009. Her research interests include the influence of the printed word on oral narratives, and the study of the creative process behind the verbal arts. She has collaborated on a number of creative projects that engage with oral histories acting as the catalyst for artisitc work.
Date: Saturday 20th October 2012
Kilcullen Heritage Centre,
Main St.
Kilcullen,
County Kildare.
Dates: Saturday 3rd November and running for approximately 8 weeks
Naas Community Centre,
Sallins Rd,
Naas,
County Kildare.
To participate in the seminar or the course download the form below, fill it out and return it by email to savingourstories@gmail.com
Download Participation FormFor all other enquires or for more information please mail savingourstories@gmail.com or contact Deirdre Daly on 087 777 3348.