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From: kostantinos xaramis <kxaramis(a)yahoo.gr>
Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:18 AM
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From: Stacey Zembrzycki
Subject: Stories Matter Software
Dear fellow list-serve members,
The Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling is currently developing
a new oral history database tool, entitled Stories Matter. This free, open
source software is being built for oral historians by oral historians. It
will allow for the archiving of digital video and audio materials, enabling
oral historians to annotate, analyze, and evaluate materials in their
collections. In addition to containing an offline version, the software will
have an online version that will facilitate sharing and collaboration in the
discipline. Both versions of Stories Matter will operate in English and
French, and will have the capacity to support other languages at a later
date. This software will be launched in early 2009.
While Stories Matter promises to change the ways that we think about and do
oral history, it also offers a unique glimpse into the interdisciplinary
process of creating digital technologies. The project team is directed by
Dr. Steven High, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Public History, and
it is being led by a computer programmer, Jacques Langlois. Two oral
historians, Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki and Kristen O'Hare, are also embedded in
the development process, consulting with High and Langlois on every aspect
of the project. Those interested in this exciting project may monitor its
progress, development, and implementation through its blog:
http://storytelling.concordia.ca/storiesmatter/.
At this stage, we are soliciting feedback to ensure that Stories Matter will
meet the needs of the widest possible audience; it must be relevant and
user-friendly. We welcome any comments, suggestions, and questions that you
may have; please feel free to forward this information to others who may
also be interested in this project.
We hope that Stories Matter will inspire a great deal of discussion on both
this list-serve and the project's blog:
http://storytelling.concordia.ca/storiesmatter/ . We look forward to hearing
from you.
Cheers,
Steven High, Jacques Langlois, Kristen O'Hare, and Stacey Zembrzycki
stories(a)alcor.concordia.ca
*The Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling
(
http://storytelling.concordia.ca/) is housed at Concordia University in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This development project is being generously
supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
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Stacey Zembrzycki, Ph.D.
Visiting Oral Historian
Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, QC Canada H3G 1M8
szembrzy(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://storytelling.concordia.ca <http://storytelling.concordia.ca/>
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