Interview with Siobhan at her house in Balmain, Sydney, December 2009.
An award-winning writer and documentary-maker, Siobhan has broad experience of oral history as a practitioner, teacher and consultant. Her oral histories range across social, cultural, scientific, environmental, multicultural and political themes and have been made into books, films, TV and radio documentaries, CDs, a stage play, and featured on-line. Her oral history publication Minefields and Miniskirts, Australian Women and the Vietnam War, was adapted into a stage play by Terence O’Connell.
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AUDIO
1. The Oral Historian (3.10) – Siobhan discusses the role
and responsibilities of the oral
historian.
2. The Title (2.25) – Siobhan explains where the title came from.
3. Interview Technique (3.39) – Siobhan talks about what makes for a good interview and offers her thoughts on good interview practices.
4. Community Response (3.09) – Siobhan discusses how the woman she interviewed responded to the play as well as the broader community of returned soldiers and their families.
5. Authorship (1.55) – Siobhan discusses the notion of 'authorship', when creating a work from oral history interviews.