On October 18, 2022, the AMP Lab was lucky enough to participate in a truly unique Tech Talk presented by PhD student and hilarious stand-up comic Sarah Cipes. Sarah presented on her ongoing work with editing audio files from within […]
SpokenWeb Undergraduate Research Assistant Position Position Title: SpokenWeb Research Assistant Academic Level: Undergraduate Location: AMP Lab (Fipke 251) or remote Contract term: Summer semester (June 1 to August 31 2022, or until project is complete) Wages: 12 to 20 hours […]
This is the second installation of an ongoing series coordinated by Paige Hohmann (UBCO Archivist) and Karis Shearer (Assoc. Professor, English) called “Archival Bonds.” The series explores the connections across collections housed in the UBCO Special Collections and the AMP […]
By Karis Shearer (Assoc. Prof, English) & Paige Hohmann (UBCO Archivist) In the following exchange, UBC (Okanagan) SpokenWeb affiliates Karis Shearer and Paige Hohmann turn their attention to a clip from the SoundBox Collection and consider its connection to the […]
By Nour Sallam (BA Hons English, SpokenWeb Undergraduate RA) When I first met with Karis Shearer in spring 2019 at the AMP Lab, I didn’t know that much about archival sound recordings. But the opportunity to learn more excited me, […]
By Megan Butchart (BA Hons candidate, UBCO SpokenWeb Research Assistant) On May 28th and 29th, 2019, I joined the SpokenWeb UBCO team in attending the first annual SpokenWeb Sound Institute (SSI), held at the Burnaby campus of Simon Fraser University. […]
By Paige Hohmann (UBCO Archivist & SpokenWeb Collaborator) UBCO Archivist Paige Hohmann is the newest member to join the SpokenWeb UBCO team as a Collaborator. Here is her reflection on her time at the SpokenWeb Sound Institute: “Attending the Spoken […]
By Amy Thiessen (BA Hons candidate, UBCO SpokenWeb Project Manager) On May 28th and 29th on SFU’s Burnaby campus I joined a room full of fellow SpokenWeb team members in reflecting on our past year, learning from each other, planning […]
By Lauren St Clair As a new member of the SpokenWeb project at UBCO, I found attending the Sound Institute to be an insightful introduction to the project at large. The Lightning Talks, in particular, were helpful in introducing the […]
By Karis Shearer With one year of the SpokenWeb SSHRC Partnership under our belts, the Sound Institute at Simon Fraser University (May 28-29, 2019) felt like equal part reunion, equal part opportunity to meet many SpokenWeb collaborators in person for […]