I'm a few minutes late to posting this blog, but that's because I just finished up transcribing our first interview! I'm transcribing and it's the best!!!! I seriously love transcribing, I mean yeah it sucks sometimes because it takes forever, but I think it is so amazing to get to listen and take down the unique thoughts and perspectives of every individual we interview. Everyone has a different lens and ideas to bring forward, so I'm glad I can be a part of that. The other great thing about transcribing is that it gives me an excuse to listen to the clips and begin to pick out and connect themes of those we interview. While right now we only have one interview from DCAC, it still offers a lot of insight into how the space functions and why it is important in the community.
The interview I transcribed was with a man named Khai who is an executive at the Downtown Cultural Arts Center working specifically with events, planning, and donations. He was able to talk about his favorite memories of Baltimore, describe the uses of the spaces, and explain DCAC's role in the community, specifically following the uprisings. The amazing thing about this interview was that Ilesh and Christina got Khai to talk about his own involvement in the arts and actually recite an original poem! He also mentioned an artist that we could potentially reach out to, Paul Lane. Paul has a lot of works in the DCAC and is a local resident of the area.
My schedule doesn't really allow me to spend lots of time downtown going to these different spaces, so I'm glad that I can still contribute to my group by helping out with a task that others don't really like to do.
ps- for everyone else transcribing, a good program to use is otranscribe. You can pull it up just in your web browser but it will let you slow down, pause, and timestamp as you interview. When you're done you can automatically export the transcript to google drive!
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