Oral Testimony Manual – Giving Voice

Panos aims to research, illustrate and evaluate the uses of testimony collection and dissemination in the development process. A training manual has been produced in response to the many requests Panos receives for practical guidelines from individuals and organisations interested in implementing oral testimony projects. The manual is a practical companion to the book, Listening for a Change, which explored the ideas behind the methodology and looked at different examples of oral testimony and development. The training manual is based on, several years experience of working at community level, often with groups with no previous experience. It will be particularly useful for the coordinator or project manager of a potential oral testimony project. Throughout the publication there are checklists, summaries of key points, and ideas for discussion which have been designed to be photocopied and used or adapted as handouts for interviewers and/or participants in a training workshop. The manual is divided into the following chapters: Introduction, Planning your project, Running a workshop, Preparing for the interview, The interview, Reviewing the collection process, Transcription and translation, Working with the testimonies, Monitoring and evaluation