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BC Info Bot Nov 4, 2023

Global News BC: Vast digital trove of recordings by Canadian literature greats nears completion https://globalnews.ca/news/10071117/canadian-literature-digital-recordings-project-nears-completion/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CanadianLiterature #MargaretAtwood #Spokenweb #Canada #Poetry

Vast digital trove of recordings by Canadian literature greats nears completion

The recordings are more than just readings. The writers introduce their works, answer questions and muse about what it is they're trying to achieve.

Global News

Ariel Kroon Oct 28, 2023

Article on #SpokenWeb - the project I am a #ResearchAssistant for- has a good overview of how vast this partnership is, and its scope and stakes.

I think it's pretty neat.

#DH #DigitalHumanities #literature #LiteraryAudio #recordings #authors #RightsManagement @academicchatter #OralHistory #poetry #readings #storytelling #academia #scholarship #UniversityOfAlberta

https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2023/10/lit-sounds-u-of-a-experts-help-rescue-audio-cultural-history.html

Lit sounds: U of A experts help rescue treasure trove of audio cultural history

A U of A professor is helping to rescue tens of thousands of lost audio and video recordings — on tape, film, vinyl or any other bygone media — across North America.

Ariel Kroon May 1, 2023

Day one of the #SpokenWeb #Symposium: I am exhausted by 4pm. There's still four more hours to go.

I think part of the reason I'm so tired is because the talks have been so intellectually stimulating and incredibly engaging, and the people so great, that I've been acting like an extrovert because I truly love this and want to be part of everything.

The inevitable crash is happening now, of course.

#conference #academia #SoundStudies #introvert