Oral Literature in the Digital Age: Archiving Orality and Connecting With Communities

by Mark Turin, Claire Wheeler, Eleanor Wilkinson

Book Overview

Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject to include a widening pool of global users. When new publics consume, manipulate and connect with field recordings and digital cultural archives, their involvement raises important practical and ethical questions. This volume explores the political repercussions of studying marginalised languages; the role of online tools...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013284402
• ISBN13: 9781013284403
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"