The Tenant Oral History Project
The Tenant Oral History Project is an initiative aiming to document experiences of people living in rented accommodation, using audio recordings and making it available to the public via the internet and the British Library. The project will be conducted in the most open way, publishing all our materials and themes we aim to cover. Anybody can download our guidelines and conduct their own interviews. Via the internet teams across the UK can contribute and upload their own interviews.
Interviewees will talk chronologically about their experiences, starting with the time when they got their first own place, through to today or until they left rented accommodation.
Interviews will be conducted as a conversation between one interviewer and the interviewee. The interviewer will ask occasional questions, trying to keep the interview on track and on topic.
Themes aiming to be covered:
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finding a place
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viewing properties
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making a decision/choosing a place
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estate agents before the contract
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being interviewed as a tenant
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references/guarrantors
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the tenancy contract
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paying the deposit
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inventory
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pre-existing furniture
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moving in
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making it your own
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estate agents after signing the contract
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initial snags/promises made
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repairs
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management of the property
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paying the rent
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interacting with the landlord
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bills
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former tenants
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giving notice
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moving out
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getting the deposit back
All interviews will be uploaded to the internet unedited. At regular intervals the interviews will be recorded on CD and submitted to the British Library’s Life Story collection. All interviews will be released on a Creative Commons license. All contributors have to complete a release form. Contributions without release form can not be considered.
Interview Deposit: www.archive.org
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April 12, 2008
We were at the Climate Camp from August 14-21 at Heathrow in 2007.
There were 8 days of inspiring workshops, information and skill-sharing, debates and a real example of a functioning low impact living village for just over 1,000 people at its largest capacity.
Residents set up their tents in neighbourhoods which also automatically meant they were part of that community and were able to attend neighbourhood meetings which were held everyday to organise the camp and the direct actions were could do as a neighbourhood.
In this podcast we focus in on one direct action which took place at the BAA offices at Bath Road in Heathrow. We were there for 24 hours. We interviewed several people some of whom who were penned in at other actions and this podcast gives a flavour of how the day went on Sunday 19th August 2007, the Day of Action.
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August 27, 2007
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I set up for the climate camp on friday night with a friend. While waiting for the train to Hayes and Harlington at Paddington station I saw a familiar face, a girl with dread locks and camping gear. we smiled and said hello to each other. she was taking the Oxford train that was leaving earlier, we followed her.
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August 22, 2007
We’re currently discussing what the best way of operation is for us, but there is no doubt that Flash radio Podcasts will keep coming. Check “Become Flashradio” in the top menu for details.
The next dates in the Flashradio calendar are a series of workshops and discussions while producing two podcasts during the Big Green Gathering. Come and check us out at the Alternative Media Tent.
Big Green Gathering 1st August 07 - 05th August 07
Just a week later there will be the first Camp for Climate Action for this year, near Heathrow. We want to cover the week of actions, workshops and campaigns. We’re looking for more citizen journalists. Get in touch if you’re interested.
The Camp for Climate Action 14th August -21st August
A few weeks later will be the first No Borders Camp in the UK. It will take place near Gatwick Airport from the 9th to 24th September 07. More info here:
No Borders Camp 9th-24th september
If you are going to any of the other No Border camps, i.e. in the Ukraine, please let us know.
Early October will see a world-wide week of action on Housing issues, watch this space for more information.
last but not least, one of the worlds biggest arms fairs is in tow, where warmongers of the world get together, getting all excited about how good business is going.
Disarm DSEi 2007 11th september 2007
June 30, 2007
The G8 and the alternative summit have finished, and for todays podcast our reporters have got together and formed a panel discussion, evaluating what they thought on the whole protest.
We are curious to find out what you listeners think about the subject! Send us an email at flashradio@aktivix.org
And also we will bring you a selection of interviews to conclude the G8, you wil hear a member of the PGA, the Peoples Global Action Movement, one of our reporter’s reflection on the camps and their function of networking. Then we have interviewed an activist on agriculture and the movement surrounding this subject. and Gyeke_Tanoh from the alternative summit speaking on Africa and economics. Finally you will hear a person working for Attac reflecting on the protest and thinking forward on their plans for the next G8 in Japan. So we hope you will enjoy this show.
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June 11, 2007
Today was a day of climate change actions, an alternative summit to the official g8, and a demonstration in Solidarity with Rossport Camp, also a Naked Action and a press conference by the Rebel Clown Army, with a surprise for a visiting National State Television team.
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June 9, 2007
This 7th podcast reports from the second day of the blockades around Heiligendamm. There are more then 10.000 protesters blocking the roads and occupying the fences in all sorts of creative ways. Today was also the last day of the Alternative G8 summit where a Flashradio reporter have been interviewing an enviromental activist speaker from India on her views to alternative politics. Finally the report sums up some facts from the past days repression battle between police and protesters.
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June 8, 2007
Today’s podcast centers on the Rostock demonstrations on Anti-Militarisation. The accounts from our reporters captured the atmosphere at the alternative summmit following the action against Caterpillar, an important agent with comercial ties in the Israeli occupations. The German police have once again prevented planned demonstrations and stopped an activist demo against the occupations in the West bank.
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June 6, 2007
In our fourth podcast we present an overview of Migration Action Day in the wider area of Rostock. A series of interviews offer an account of today’s events, amongst others the Sonnenblumen House demonstration, commemorating the 1992 attack on the refugee house and an interview from the Detention centre demo. On several occasions today police prevented hundreds of demonstrators from arriving at the area of Rostock.
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June 4, 2007
Our third podcast will focus on the demonstration taking place at Rostock on the June the 3rd under the topic of Global Agriculture and the various aspects of the international food trade. Our reporters have also collected information about yesterday’s demonstrations and the police repression that followed. Finally we bring the latest from the individuals and groups that gathered and spontaneously put together the convergence camps that host this year’s anti-G8 demonstrators.
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June 4, 2007
This is our first podcast in the gear up for the G8 in June. The Indymedia workshop covered what, where, why, how’s, of Indymedia and brought up some interesting comments regarding citizen reporting and activism.
We’ve sliced the thing down to less than 10 minutes so give it a listen and leave your comments below if you feel like it.
Cheers!
Flash Radio podcast 1 . Indymedia workshop . 17th May (mp3 56Mb)
May 21, 2007
Flash Radio Jingle
Welcome to Flash Radio, the G8 2007 podcast
Flash Radio interview teams will cover the alternative summit, blockades, actions and workshops, but will also deliver audible portraits of groups and individuals who have come to campaign and work for change.
Read more about Flash radio on the “About Us” page. Find out how to subscribe to a podcast and to our announce email list on the “How to subscribe” page.
May 11, 2007
