Oral History Worker Collective is a network of practitioners. We support one another through discussions about our labor and acts of solidarity.


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Quick Guide

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Quick Guide *

  • Good business practices are in sync with oral history ethics! We can operate in solidarity with our peers and the people we interview by designing anti-exploitative practices.

  • We make oral history work transparent! It’s only by naming what we do—in tangible terms—that we can create the conditions for more (and better) jobs.

  • Discussing the value of our labor and how much to charge for it is how we enact economic transparency and accessibility. Solidarity forever!

  • We meet here as peers and commit to learning and listening together.

“If care is not at the root of it, you’re not building community. You’re just networking.”

— Ashley Simpo