Within Living Memory FA 2022
Within Living Memory FA 2022
Welcome to the audio archive of stories created in the Fall 2022 Audio Storytelling class, “Within Living Memory” at College of the Atlantic. In this class, students spend ten weeks learning to how to use audio recording equipment, conduct interviews, script narrative audio stories, and edit, score, and mix those stories. The first five weeks of this course is devoted to audio exercises and listening assignments – students hone skills and their listening ears by critiquing each other’s work and listening to a variety of stories, soundwalks, immersive audio, and podcasts from journalists all over the world. During the last five weeks, students work on three large assignments – a personal narrative audio story, an archival audio story, and a final project – the contents of which is determined by the individual.
Here you will find examples of some of that student work. To listen to the stories, scroll down and press play. All audio stories are works-in-progress, stay tuned for Final Projects and final versions of stories, after the term ends!
Student work by Asy Xaythouter, Elizabeth De Angelis, Gus Rivers-McHugh, Hope Rankin, Katrine Bruner, Layne Kirk, Lydia Solomon, Malek Hinnawi, and Tiegan Paulson.
NOTE: To listen to stories by Malek Hinnawi, please access the personal laptop in the Media Room!
Assignments produced for WLM 2022, taught by Galen Koch with Teaching Assistant Annika Ross.
Photo of Stonington Factory by Justin Levesque © 2018
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Asy Xaytouthor
Archival Audio Assignment
For this assignment, students listened to hours of archival audio interviews from the Deer Isle – Stonington Historical Society and The First Coast Project Archives. Students created narrative stories from existing interviews; scripting, editing, scoring, and sound designing their work.
In this story by Asy Xaytouthor, we hear how Ted Ames, of Stonington, Maine how he found his way back to fishing after many years.
Photo of Stonington Harbor by Justin Levesque © 2018
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Elizabeth De Angelis
Archival Audio Assignment
For this assignment, students listened to hours of archival audio interviews from the Deer Isle – Stonington Historical Society and The First Coast Project Archives. Students created narrative stories from existing interviews; scripting, editing, scoring, and sound designing their work.
In this story by Elizabeth De Angelis, we hear from Anneli Carter Sundqvist about how she moved from Sweden to Deer Isle, Maine and founded a hostel with her partner.
Photo by Justin Levesque © 2018
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Hope Rankin
Archival Audio Assignment
For this assignment, students listened to hours of archival audio interviews from the Deer Isle – Stonington Historical Society and The First Coast Project Archives. Students created narrative stories from existing interviews; scripting, editing, scoring, and sound designing their work.
In this story by Hope Rankin we hear a collage of stories about love and marriage from interviewees Bunnie Quinn, Essie Beck, and Rose Gove.
Photo of Rose Gove by Justin Levesque © 2018
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Katrine Bruner
Personal Narrative Assignment
For this assignment, students wrote personal narrative essays, based on their own lived experiences. These narrative essays allowed students to practice editing, scripting, and narrating – one of most challenging skills to master as an audio storyteller. This story by Katrine Bruner takes us underwater, into the mysterious world of scuba diving.
Photo by Greta Rybus © 2018
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Gus Rivers-McHugh
Archival Audio Assignment
For this assignment, students listened to hours of archival audio interviews from the Deer Isle – Stonington Historical Society and The First Coast Project Archives. Students created narrative stories from existing interviews; scripting, editing, scoring, and sound designing their work.
In this story by Gus Rivers-McHugh, we hear about what life was like for Bunnie Quinn in Oceanville and Stonington.
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Layne Kirk
Personal Narrative Assignment
For this assignment, students wrote personal narrative essays, based on their own lived experiences. These narrative essays allowed students to practice editing, scripting, and narrating – one of most challenging skills to master as an audio storyteller. In this story by Layne Kirk, we hear about the tension and the thrill of a budding summer romance.
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Lydia Solomon
Personal Narrative Assignment
For this assignment, students wrote personal narrative essays, based on their own lived experiences. These narrative essays allowed students to practice editing, scripting, and narrating – one of most challenging skills to master as an audio storyteller. In this story by Lydia Solomon, we hear about her experience living and working on Mount Desert Island in the summer.
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Tiegan Paulson
Archival Audio Assignment
For this assignment, students listened to hours of archival audio interviews from the Deer Isle – Stonington Historical Society and The First Coast Project Archives. Students created narrative stories from existing interviews; scripting, editing, scoring, and sound designing their work.
In this story by Tiegan Paulson we hear from interviewee Nat Barrows about his experience taking over the local newspaper in Stonington, Maine.
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Asy Xaytouthor
Audio Postcard Assignment
For this assignment, students were tasked with recording sounds that could be edited together to form a narrative. Without using dialogue or narration, can you make a story with sound?
In this audio postcard, Asy Xaytouthor takes us on the journey of rehearsal and performance, mixing soundscapes with the recordings of musicians practicing for a show.
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Hope Rankin
Personal Narrative Assignment
For this assignment, students wrote personal narrative essays, based on their own lived experiences. These narrative essays allowed students to practice editing, scripting, and narrating – one of most challenging skills to master as an audio storyteller. In this story by Hope Rankin tells the harrowing and humorous tale of getting her wisdom teeth removed.
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Katrine Bruner
Archival Audio Assignment
For this assignment, students listened to hours of archival audio interviews from the Deer Isle – Stonington Historical Society and The First Coast Project Archives. Students created narrative stories from existing interviews; scripting, editing, scoring, and sound designing their work.
In this story by Katrine Bruner we hear from Travis Fifield about his family history in Stonington and his experience taking over his family business.
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Layne Kirk
Audio Postcard Assignment
For this assignment, students were tasked with recording sounds that could be edited together to form a narrative. Without using dialogue or narration, can you make a story with sound?
In this audio postcard, Layne Kirk brings us for a journey in a day in her life.
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Lydia Solomon
Archival Audio Assignment
For this assignment, students listened to hours of archival audio interviews from the Deer Isle – Stonington Historical Society and The First Coast Project Archives. Students created narrative stories from existing interviews; scripting, editing, scoring, and sound designing their work.
In this story by Lydia Solomon, we hear about family life in Stonington featuring the interviewees Flossie “Jeannie” Welch, Alice Spencer, Ruth and William Rice, Bunnie Quinn, Jenni Steele, Sue Oliver, Liz Monahan, Rufus Nichols, Mary Mixer, Owen Gross, Genevieve McDonald, Harriet Leighton, Mae Gove, and Rose Gove.
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Tiegan Paulson
Personal Narrative Assignment
For this assignment, students wrote personal narrative essays, based on their own lived experiences. These narrative essays allowed students to practice editing, scripting, and narrating – one of most challenging skills to master as an audio storyteller. In this story by Tiegan Paulson we go to a journey to the middle of Lake Superior.
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