ORAL DOCUMENTATION

About this Course

Course Description

This course provides students with the knowledge and technical skills in carrying out an oral history program. This includes the planning for oral history project, conduct interviews, process interview transcripts, disseminate information on oral history and manage the preservation of oral history collection.

Course Learning Outcomes

1 ) Organise oral history collection.
2 ) Construct the procedures and processes of an oral history project.
3 ) Determine the preservation measure for oral history collection.
4 ) Discuss the importance of oral history as a documentation, research and cultural activity.

Course Details

STATUS : Open
DURATION : FLEXIBLE
EFFORT : 3
MODE : 100% Online
COURSE LEVEL : Intermediate
LANGUAGE : English
CLUSTER : Business & Management ( SP )

 Syllabus

1.1 What is oral tradition?
1.2 What is oral history?
1.3 Relationship between oral tradition and oral history
1.4 Why oral documentation is important?
1.5 Evolution of oral documentation in the cultural activities
1.6 Oral history as a research method

2.1 Overview
2.2 What is happening in the world?
2.3 What is happening in Malaysia?

3.1 Policies governing legal and ethical aspects of oral history

4.1 Planning and preparation
4.2 The selection of resource person
4.3 Communication
4.4 Interview techniques
4.5 Preparation and editing the transcript
4.6 Technical aspect, e.g. media of interviews and equipment

5.1 Project information
5.2 Voice recording quality

6.1 Storage/retrieval
6.2 Dissemination program
6.3 Preservation

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Our Instructor

DR. HANIS DIYANA BINTI KAMARUDIN

Course Instructor
UiTM Puncak Perdana

MOHD. NAZIR BIN AHMAD

Course Instructor
UiTM Puncak Perdana

ANIZA BINTI JAMALUDDIN

Course Instructor
UiTM Shah Alam

 Frequently Asked Questions

A1 : Find out as much as you can about the topics and historical period to be discussed and develop an outline or list of topics to cover in the interview.

A2 : The purpose of the interview, the narrators and the main focus of the project (topic or event).