The Art of Radio Documentary
The two Sámi brothers Hans and Eilert Karlsen were the last remaining inhabitants of a vacated fishing hamlet on the arctic coast of Finnmark. In 1992, a Norwegian journalist made a radio documentary about the brothers. I recorded this documentary on my cassette player, and since the documentary is...
| Published in: | Proceedings from the Document Academy |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Akron Press
2017
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/4/1/7 https://doaj.org/article/b802d382017e4a2180806056d5b37dbe |
| Summary: | The two Sámi brothers Hans and Eilert Karlsen were the last remaining inhabitants of a vacated fishing hamlet on the arctic coast of Finnmark. In 1992, a Norwegian journalist made a radio documentary about the brothers. I recorded this documentary on my cassette player, and since the documentary is no longer available online, I have based my reflections on my old recordings. Both the recording technology and the brothers’ way of living is history now. |
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