SpokenWeb Meeting #10 – August 25th, 2011 – 2:00 P.M.
Present: Jason Camlot, Annie Murray, Jared Wiercinski, Celyn Harding-Jones, Deanna Fong
Agenda:
-Articulate and refine the research axes presented at our last meeting
Research axes (Objectives and Outcomes Section):
Development-
-Multiple platform analysis collapsed into web development questions.
-Why WordPress? Develop on several platforms simultaneously for comparison (Omeka, Skalar) Comparative analysis reports.
-Incorporate digital bricolage vs. building questions
Web survey- (maybe not an axis by itself – could be incorporated into “contexts” or another axis)
-See out its implications once more data is collected (hopefully we’ll have more info by the time grant deadline comes around)
-Share format for rendering spoken word archives
-imagine a larger structure for organizing other audio materials (Canada, North America)
-A possible “future outcome” or next phase – partnership grant
Oral history-
-Steven High- Runs centre for Oral history
-Discuss different approaches to oral history axis of project: How do we interview our subjects? What media do we use?
-Start with general questions, move to more specific prompting (audio, spatial, social)
-Radio component (COHDS)
-Steven would act as coordinator of Oral history axis and possibly be involved in visualization tools
-Use Oral history axis to work toward developing a literary history of listening—these questions tie into ongoing reading series/living archives as well
Copyright-
-Elena Razlogova (co-applicant)
-Involved in in copyright/fair dealings axis (with Darren)
Closed/Open archives-
-Apply for a small VPRGS grant to fund a series of activities (Deanna)
-Discuss implications of integrating the recordings into a live event, using Synapse as a case study
-Sina Queyras as a collaborator
Literary-
-Spoken performance vs. print source questions
-Best practices of transcription for spoken word
-Reading series as a concept/problem
-Literary history of listening (again, tying into several other axes)
Visualization-
-Sound wave
-Incorporating visual materials
-“What should we look at when we listen?”
-How do visual materials aid in processing speech?
Contexts:
Literature (primary), Oral history, policy, archive and new media development- need key citations for each
Methodology:
-Attempt to define an overall approach
-Could include specific methodology texts
Knowledge mobilization:
-Publish on findings on site, papers/articles, open access (Spectrum)
-Live events (Synapse)
-Release (portions of/all of) the archive
-Share information with Oral history department
-Symposia
-Radio
-Survey—form relationships with other institutions
References:
-Provide refs that are relevant to each of the axes
-Google doc biblio arranged by theme (archives, copyright, reading series, digital media, etc.)
Budget items:
-Begin making a list of expenses
-Discuss more specifically next meeting
TO DO:
All team members-
-Biographical write-up, explaining how SpokenWeb ties into his/her own research
Deanna-
-Make Google doc for bibliography
-First draft of VPRGS grant application by end of August
Next meeting: Possibly first week of September–Aim to have first draft done by Labour Day weekend