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The social importance of oral history

Jen Grasso writes about oral history & working on Windrush interviews.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage30th Oct 202016th Dec 2020Posted inUncategorized, UOSH Collections, UOSH VolunteersTags:BLM, Decolonisation, oral history, Paul ThompsonLeave a comment on The social importance of oral history

Raised voices

A close up of tape on a reel.

Henry Rowsell reflects on working on sound heritage, digitisation projects & less-heard voices.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage29th Oct 202022nd Oct 2020Posted inThe UOSH Team, UncategorizedTags:Digital divide, IPR, MK4D, Open Access, Sound recordingsLeave a comment on Raised voices

Brighton’s West Pier: from 1975 to today

Alison Hulme writes about Brighton’s West Pier, in 1975 & today.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage28th Oct 202022nd Oct 2020Posted inUncategorized, UOSH Collections, UOSH VolunteersTags:1975 European Year of Architecture, Conservation, West PierLeave a comment on Brighton’s West Pier: from 1975 to today

Libraries On Air

Natasha Witts writes about recordings in the BBC Radio Brighton archive featuring libraries & librarians.

Posted byNatasha Witts27th Oct 202027th Oct 2020Posted inSound Collections, The UOSH Team, UncategorizedTags:BBC Radio Brighton, brighton, Librarians, Libraries, SussexLeave a comment on Libraries On Air

27th October: Your Window to the World

A camera phone is held up to photograph a busy road scene. The text reads 2020 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Your Window to the World.

Esther Gill writes about World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage26th Oct 202026th Oct 2020Posted inThe UOSH Team, UncategorizedTags:Audio preservation, UNESCO, UOSH, World Day for Audiovisual HeritageLeave a comment on 27th October: Your Window to the World

Repairing a Damaged Cassette Reel

A black compact cassette tape with a white and blue label.

Duncan Harrison reflects on the challenge of repairing a tape cassette.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage29th Sep 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:brighton, cassettes, history, oral history, Tape, unlocking our sound heritageLeave a comment on Repairing a Damaged Cassette Reel

Creative Uses of Tape: Cassette Culture

Duncan Harrison writes about ‘cassette culture’ and why your old cassettes may contain magic.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage7th Jul 202029th Jul 2020Posted inCreative Uses of TapeTags:cassette culture, cassettes, home recording, post punk, unlocking our sound heritageLeave a comment on Creative Uses of Tape: Cassette Culture

Creative Uses of Tape

Duncan Harrison looks back at how magnetic tape came to be used creatively in the 20th century.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage14th May 202029th Jul 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:daphne oram, delia derbyshire, Halim El-Dabh, Musique concrete, pierre schaeffer, radiophonic workshop, Tape, unlocking our sound heritage1 Comment on Creative Uses of Tape

It’s a good time to save your memories

Katie Tavini writes about why ‘right now’ is a good time to think about preserving any photos you have stored on CD.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage7th May 202029th Jul 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:CD-R1 Comment on It’s a good time to save your memories

Meet the volunteers: Rebecca Hutt

Rebecca Hutt reflects on her first few months of volunteering at Unlocking
Our Sound Heritage.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage20th Apr 20207th May 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:audio, bbc, bbc radio, brighton, cataloguing, charity, community culture, community project, culture, digital, digitising, history, music, preservation, project, radio, research, sound, vintage, volunteer, volunteeringLeave a comment on Meet the volunteers: Rebecca Hutt

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