[game_preservation] Project Discussion: Oral Histories

[Andrew Armstrong]

Podcasts, phone or Skype interviews would be damn good if you can do 
them :) I missed that out, since I mainly aimed my thoughts at video 
recorded items.

Even if the project isn't manned, I'm still interested in seeing them 
online - the IA can provide hosting for the media, I'll be able to 
create a wiki page listing them easily enough too. Please do provide 
them if you're able :)

Andrew

Rachel Donahue wrote:

> Andrew --

> If my survey generates any "yes I'm interested in follow up questions" 

> responses, I'd be happy to conduct an oral history with them. Given my 

> piddling grad student budget it will probably have to be by phone, but 

> I can see if anyone would be willing to have the interview recorded 

> and podcast.

>

> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Andrew Armstrong 

> <andrew at aarmstrong.org <mailto:andrew at aarmstrong.org>> wrote:

>

>     I left this open but no one has replied. Another bump, we do have

>     some new members.

>

>     This project is, really, a bit too practical for the SIG to do "by

>     volunteer work" as all SIG's operate (with most of our work going

>     on online). With no money, and no one seeking out sponsorship,

>     donations, or funding, we don't have any equipment (nevermind

>     manpower and transport) to do this actively, even though it is an

>     excellent idea, and we'd likely be able to find interested

>     developers to participate.

>

>     So, perhaps it can help by cataloguing other efforts in the area,

>     preserving them on the Internet Archive, and helping logistically

>     and with advertising the service. If anyone also did want to do

>     histories through us somehow, having the final result freely

>     available online or in an archive would be invaluable. This is

>     tough to setup without people who are in industry available to be

>     "on call" or to sign up, and without people who want to do the

>     recordings in the first place! It's a lot of work on both sides

>     (finding time for both, and possibly major travelling, preparing

>     and researching, equipment, post-production...)

>

>     Therefore, this project is going no where with no active interest.

>     I personally can put forward weekend time and possibly take days

>     off to record things, but since I have no videocamera I can't help

>     directly. I would like to investigate setting up a signup form for

>     both sides - the interviewers and interviewees so we can get a

>     good list of people (and their location, what they did) to do

>     interviews with, and who to send, and get people talking this way.

>     There is a possibility that this is better done informally,

>     however, or maybe through the new IGDA site which is mainly forum

>     based (with mailing lists possible, just really being forum posts

>     being sent to accounts, with replies being allowed), and thus

>     developers would easily be able to get involved with the SIG and

>     discuss it on forums or via. PM's/email.

>

>     There was some possible interest from Dean O'Donnell from WPI, who

>     is running an oral histories project with student help. Other then

>     this I know of no proper active oral histories project, save Jason

>     Scott's GET LAMP documentary, which is basically edited oral

>     histories (which I hope he puts online in full :) ).

>

>     Andrew

>

>     Andrew Armstrong wrote:

>>     This is coming on from our previous discussion over spring

>>     cleaning the SIG.

>>

>>     *Oral Histories*

>>     Status: /On Hold/

>>     Currently lead by: /No one. /

>>     Short description: /Interviews with industry people related to

>>     their past works. Brought up at GDC 2008, but currently has no

>>     assigned project lead./

>>

>>     Concerns raised previously:

>>     - Aims of the histories, contents, etc.

>>     - What to ask (I brought this up before)

>>     - Who can do them

>>

>>     Someone to work on this or start organising a team of people

>>     would be good. Logistically this is the hardest project to

>>     manage, and technically we have no resources to fund it at all,

>>     meaning it requires heavy volunteer work.

>>

>>     People suggesting information, examples of existing histories

>>     done, ways to get this going, and so forth are welcome. Basically

>>     bring whatever you like to the table, it's an open discussion.

>>

>>     Andrew

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