Restoration of Early Native American Sound Recordings
Marjorie Shapiro, Professor
Physics
Closed. This professor is continuing with Spring 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Fall 2024.
The aim of this project is to systematically recover and preserve a set of 2700 sound recordings, made in the early 20th Century, of Native American speakers across California. This project is a collaboration between Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the UC Libraries, The Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, and the Depts. of Linguistics and Physics. The project utilizes an optical scanning system developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and modern data analysis methods. The project would be appropriate for motivated students, either in a technical discipline such as physics, computer science, engineering, and math, or students from the humanities and social sciences, including linguistics, music, anthropology, and library and information science, having some interest in technical methods and the digital humanities.
The project was recently profiled in a Physics World podcast:
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/multimedia/2016/jul/22/podcast-bringing-native-american-voices-back-to-life
If you are interested in this project please write UCB Cylinder Project on your application
Qualifications: Some programming skill is preferred but not required. Expect to work under the supervision of a senior research scientist around 9 hours per week on a regular schedule. NOTE: Due to Lawrence Berkeley Lab regulations, we cannot consider any applicant who is under 18 years of age.
Hours: 6-8 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: Moffitt Library
Related website: http://irene.lbl.gov/
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Arts & Humanities