Sam Smith Email & Phone Number

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) scoping project: https://braiduk.org/museum-visitor-experience-and-the-responsible-use-of-ai-to-communicate-colonial-collections

Delivering training in oral history techniques including project management, ethics, copyright and GDPR, recording equipment, digital editing and interviewing.

Yorkshire

Voluntary post: offering advice and support regarding oral history techniques, the practicalities of interviewing, recording equipment, copyright, ethics and project outputs.

Macmillan Palliative Care Unit/ The School Of Nursing And Midwifery

Conducting life story interviews with terminally ill patients and updating and maintaining an archive of the recordings. Coordinating and training volunteers in interviewing, ethics, audio production and transcription. Research into oral history at the end of life.

Researching and evaluating the use and impact of an oral history service in end of life care.

London

Conducting oral history interviews and creating audio clips for a listening post and corresponding podcast for Harmondsworth Barn. Producing content for an audio guide at Eltham Palace.

Northern General Hospital

Conducting oral histories and life story work with people with dementia and their families. Coordinating and training a team of volunteers to record life histories.

London, United Kingdom

Coordinating and administrating the John McLean oral history archive. Cataloguing the BDA museum collection and assisting with educational visits.

Rotherham Archives And Local Studies

Interviewing ex residents of Boston Castle in Rotherham. Producing audio excerpts for interactive displays and educational sessions.

Renaissance East Midlands

A maternity cover post for the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Council), overseeing and providing funding for museums and art galleries digital engagement projects throughout the east midlands. Key roles included assisting in the development of regional museum websites, setting up the Digital Engagement Network and collaborating with partners such as.

Rotherham

Following on from the Songs of Steel oral history project, more funding was obtained to create a DVD package containing a short educational film combining archive footage of the Rotherham steelworks with the oral histories and songs and poetry written for the Songs of Steel project. http://www.vimeo.com/20322287

Rotherham Archives And Local Studies

Managing a Heritage Lottery Funded project, conducting thirty interviews with ex steelworkers and recruiting and training volunteers to conduct oral history interviewsSummarising interviews, creating an archive and preparing audio for broadcastProducing a corresponding website www.songsofsteel.com and a traveling exhibition for June - December 2010Managing.

South Yorkshire

Transcribing and summarising over 30 interviews with ex transport employees and enthusiasts in South Yorkshire. Creating and maintaining the oral history archive.Conducting several interviews and assisting with volunteers training.

Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield

Working on the redisplay of Kelham Island Museum after it was devastated by the Sheffield floods in 2007. My work included sourcing appropriate audio visual display materials, writing text and interpretation panels, researching Sheffield's metalwork industry, collections cataloguing and liaising with designers.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Devising and developing all E-Learning projects and resources, particularly for Yorkshire’s My Learning website www.mylearning.org - The website has since branched into other regions and now attracts hundred of thousands of visits every year. Working with web designers and creative practitioners to create new content on the website. Developing projects.

Museums Sheffield

Working with school groups and colleges to create sessions using new technologies (for example animation projects using Digital Blue cameras, audio projects using digital recorders, film making with camcorders).Working with groups with Special Educational Needs

Museums Sheffield

Devising and developing gallery-based sessions and workshops for school groups (KS1-4). Running intergenerational family workshopsOutreach work with hard to reach audiences at festivals and events across Sheffield.Giving talks to adult visitors to exhibitions

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Invigilating exhibitions and providing front of house service.Installing and taking down exhibitions and displays.Providing security for objects, and health and safety for visitorsSupervising staff as acting site supervisor on numerous occasions.

London, United Kingdom

Assisting with the lighting and projections for theatrical and music productions. Clients included Warp Records, Ninja Tune, Harvey Goldsmith, The Royal Festival Hall and Bjorn Again.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Understanding Oral History In Palliative And Supportive Care

Understanding oral history in palliative and supportive care: a constructivist grounded theory study

Ma In Heritage Studies, Memory Studies, Oral History, Digital Heritage

Nvq Level 3, Cultural Heritage Management, Curatorial Route, Commended

Vocational training

Ba Hons In History Of Art, Design And Film

Hnd In Arts And Event Administration