Since it’s 2003 founding, StoryCorps, a nonprofit, has collected more than 50,000 interviews. Recently, the founder, David Isay, created an app to allow anyone to record an interview an upload it to the Library of Congress instantly.

While this is a boon to future historians, there are several academic questions. Is there more to oral history than turning on a recorder and talking? How much preparation should go in to preparing an interview? When does an interview become an oral history? In terms of feminist critiques of historical methods, does this answer the demand for more perspectives from more people, or does it substitute quantity for quality?

In this session, we would review the specs of the app, perhaps play with it a bit, and discuss the potential impacts of this app on feminist history and other disciplines. You would not need to download the app before the session.

Here is an article for more reading:  www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2015/03/17/with-one-new-app-the-entire-worlds-oral-history-is-about-to-go-viral/