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

• Main Author: Claire Wheeler (auth)
• Other Authors: Mark Turin (auth), Eleanor Wilkinson (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Open Book Publishers
• Subjects: Mathematics & science; linguistics; digital age; oral literature; digital humanities
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...