Talking Archive
I·04 · Dimension of Voice · Open for collaboration
A municipality’s most valuable archive is not on a shelf. It is sitting at the kitchen table.
The generation of witnesses is leaving faster than we can record them. Students ask the questions — and the meeting of generations becomes a historical source itself.
Problem
An interview means hours of transcription. Municipalities, parishes and libraries lack the people to record local testimonies systematically.
FTI
A mobile team, a standard biographical questionnaire, automatic AI transcription and editing. Recording, text and description go to the local archive.
- 45–90 min — one interview
- 50 interviews — reference set (plan)
- AI + editing — transcription
- Q3 2025: Consultations with local leaders and historians — initiative selected
- Q3 2026: Pilot recording team
- Q4 2026: 50 reference interviews
- 2027: Method package for partner municipalities
- 2028: National repository of testimonies
Fundacja Tradycji i Innowacji · KRS 0001049849 · NIP 7123459248 · REGON 525955729 · Józefów 58A, 21-050 Piaski · biuro@ftii.pl
