ABSTRACT
The world into which the vision for this publication was born has shifted dramatically over time. When my colleagues and I initially presented our webinar, “Oral History at a Distance: Conducting Remote Interviews,” we had years of traditional experience to rely on but limited exposure to the world of remote oral history. As this book came together, we came to rely not only on our own changing processes and procedures within the confines of BUIOH but also the shared experiences of friends and colleagues across the world. My own participation in cocreating the Oral History Association’s Remote Interviewing Resources mere months removed from the BUIOH webinar opened my eyes to a myriad of new pitfalls and possibilities for the field in a new world dominated by distanced needs. Equally as significant was the shift to a hybrid zeitgeist where in-person and remote interview protocols must both be thoroughly considered in order to be expertly executed.
