by: esther appiah & ali kara
TRANSCRIPT
By: Esther Appiah & Ali Kara
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Dr. Fiona Vernal (representing WISC) Dr. Maurice Wade: Trinity College
Josh Serrano - Community Activist
Lloyd Best - Trinidadian Philosopher and Public Intellectual
Settlement and Housing in Post-War Hartford, CT
2 Airey Home, Chatham St, Hartford
● TOOLS: You may like a specific tool but it may not be appropriate for your data.
● Work with the resource limitations that you have; in this case our IPHONES and no video camera.
● Deeds office: Different layers of expertise: develop expertise in context; ask for help when we exceeded our expertise.
Takeaways● COMMUNITY PARTNERS: We need
to cater to the needs of our community partners as their priorities may shift but we want to avoid mission creep, adapted from its military context to mean: a gradual shift in objectives during the course of a project, often resulting in an unplanned long-term commitment beyond the scope and resources of the original plan
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Caribbean American Society● Embraced a new
opportunity to secure data with minimal demands on our resources
Takeaways Continued
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Christian Activities Council● Embraced the
opportunity to create an exhibit and conduct oral histories with the No More Slumlords Movement
West Indian Social Club● Declined the request
to find/ format images of 174 members that could be done by organization.
● Engaging with community partners requires discretion● Unforeseen Collaborations: Mission Creep vs New Opportunities
❏ Great for conducting oral histories and generating a raw transcript
❏ Transcribing feature that highlights as you read along
❏ Reasonable cost: Ten (10) cents per minutes ❏ You can upload other audio/video files❏ Works best with phone in airplane mode❏ Voice/Text recognitions require a lot of editing
Temi
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TEMI TRANSCRIPT SAMPLE
Deeds Office
● Quit-rent● Lien● Federal Tax Lien● Certificate of Attachment● Warranty Deed ● Lis Pendens
7Mortgage Deed
How many of the terms below can you identify?
Caribbean American Society,
est 1957
Membership Liston loan
from Edwin Carty, former president and member
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Obituary sample from Hartford Courant
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FINDING AND GENERATING CONTENT FOR AN ONLINE ARCHIVE
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● MEET WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERTISE
● You will NEVER be an expert in any field in just 3 months
● You need to be an efficient reader○ Create a list of terms
● It’s okay to be frustrated, but don’t forget to try, try again.
Takeaways
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Caribbean Anticolonial Thought Online Archive
http://caribbeananti-colonialthoughtarchive.domains.trincoll.edu/
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Online Archival Resources
Thanks for Listening!
14Any Questions?