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...

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Published in:Proceedings from the Document Academy
Main Author: Grenersen, Geir
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: IdeaExchange@UAkron 2017
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Online Access:https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol4/iss1/7
https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/4/1/7
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/context/docam/article/1090/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
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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.