Oral History Workshop: Interview Analysis
A half-day workshop on oral history interview analysis.
The sessions will cover narrative analysis, reconstructive analysis and thematic coding using transcripts. The workshop also includes discussions on adapting analysis techniques for different types of oral history documentation, and how interview analysis can enhance your project outputs.
The training programme is accredited by National Life Stories at the British Library and the Oral History Society.
Who is the workshop for?
This workshop is designed for anyone who is interested in finding themes within oral history recordings, conducting oral history research or planning for project outputs.
The workshop does not cover oral history interview technique or recording methods. These topics are covered on other courses such as Introduction to Oral History and the Advanced Oral History Workshop.
Please note:
- There will be no refunds for cancelled places.
- Due to high demand and in order to ensure that each course has attendees with a variety of interests and backgrounds, a maximum of three people from any one institution may book to attend each course.
- There are two methods of payment. You can pay online via PayPal, debit or credit card or you can make an offline payment where an invoice will be sent to your organisation. Please select the appropriate option in the booking form.
- If you choose to pay by invoice please note that payments for training courses will be made to National Life Stories (NLS), and the invoice will be sent by email from NLS within ten working days of your booking. Contact the Training Coordinator if you require further details for your purchase order number.
- In booking this training course you agree to follow the OHS Code of Conduct.
Please contact the Training Coordinator if you would like to be notified of future dates.
Course schedule
This online training workshop is delivered over Zoom video call. The programme is as follows (please note this is a sample structure and may differ on the day).
Timezone: London, UK.
Hourly Schedule
Online workshop
- 09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
- Welcome and introductions
- 09:50 AM - 10:05 AM
- Why analyse oral history? Opening discussion
- 10:05 AM - 10:15 AM
- Overview of some different approaches to analysis
- 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
- Narrative analysis - introduction and exercise
- 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
- Break
- 11:15 AM - 12:25 PM
- Thematic analysis - introduction and activities
- 12:25 PM - 12:35 PM
- Break
- 12:35 PM - 01:10 PM
- Reconstructive analysis
- 01:10 PM - 01:15 PM
- Q&A and feedback
- 24 Nov 2026
- 9:30 am - 1:15 pm
- Zoom call Time zone: London, United Kingdom GB
Category
Organizer
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Camille Johnston
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Email
[email protected] Oral History Training Administrator
Speakers
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Alison ChandBL/OHS Trainer; OHS Regional AdviserI’m a regional adviser for Scotland for the OHS and a BL/OHS accredited oral history trainer. In addition, I deliver training for the Scottish Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde, where I am a research associate and teach on various undergraduate and postgraduate history modules, including the ‘Oral History Theory and Practice’ and ‘Work and Community Placement in Oral History’ modules. I am also a part-time lecturer with the Centre for History at the University of the Highlands and Islands and undertake freelance work as an oral historian, proofreader and copy-editor. I actively undertake oral history research, and am currently working on a BA/Leverhulme-funded project entitled ‘Rainbows in the Windows: An Oral History of Young Families in Britain in the COVID-19 Pandemic’. Please do get in touch if you are in Scotland and would like any advice on oral history.
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Rosa SchlingBL/OHS TrainerI’m a co-director of On the Record, an oral history and creative arts organisation. I began working as an oral historian in 2008, and have also worked as a facilitator and participatory trainer around community organising, housing and homelessness. I’ve managed managed numerous oral history and community heritage projects, including Sounds from the Park: an oral history of Speakers’ Corner, A Hackney Autobiography: Remembering Centerprise, Holding the Baby: oral histories of childcare and parenting in East London, Doing it Ourselvees: the First Neighbourhood Co-operative Nursery, Writing and Reading Newham and Housmans: 60 Years of Books and Activism. I have curated several exhibitions, authored books including The Lime Green Mystery: An Oral History of the Centerprise Co-operative and produced podcasts. Currently, my work focuses on histories of childcare and parenting, community and radical bookshops and the joys of writing and reading.
