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Resources

Interviews in Conservation Initiative

The resources below can be used for oral history projects related to the conservation of cultural heritage.

Informed consent

These consent form templates have been drawn up in consultation with the Legal Counsel of the IXA office UvA-AUAS. They are developed as part of the UvA's Interviews in Conservation Initiative and further developed during the PDI-SSH funded research project OH-SMArt: Oral History - Stories at the Museum around Artworks (2021-2025). They have been designed with deposition at DANS-KNAW in mind, in accordance with the FAIR principles for research data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable).

Transcript

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) is extremely helpful to automatically transcribe recordings for time stamped transcripts. To adhere to GDPR privacy rules, make sure to choose a programme that you can run on your own computer without internet access. Only that way your data is not shared with third parties. A suggested workflow to process and archive your interview data in a secure way is found below.

ICI Guideline Depositing Interviews (PDF)

Metadata

Each interview transcript should be preceded by a block with metadata, giving a basic description of and context to the transcript. The metadata templates below have been developed within the Interviews in Conservation Initiative, in collaboration with DANS-KNAW. Besides aiding with interpretation of the transcript, these templates serve as a guideline for adding metadata to the interview during deposition at DANS-KNAW.

File names

To process data with digital tooling and for findability it is advisable to give all files the same name, or at least the same start of the name, so that they are always found grouped in search strings in archives. You can follow the guide for a suggested convention.

ICI File names guideline

Collections and tools

The links below provide information on the use of oral history and similar projects related to conservation and art making processes. Additions are welcome.