{"id":988,"date":"2014-07-17T13:16:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T17:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/?p=988"},"modified":"2014-07-17T13:16:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T17:16:56","slug":"guest-blog-using-inqscribe-to-record-the-wabanaki-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/2014\/07\/17\/guest-blog-using-inqscribe-to-record-the-wabanaki-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blog: Using InqScribe to Record the Wabanaki Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many nonprofits use InqScribe to help transcribe interviews and spread their message. In this guest blog, Rachel George explains how she came across InqScribe through her work with the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare TRC.<\/em><\/p>\n

By: Rachel George, Research Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Maine<\/a>The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u00a0is charged with clarifying the experiences of Wabanaki Native American\u00a0children and families involved with state child welfare. Historically there\u00a0has been an incredibly high rate of removal of native children who were\u00a0placed into non-native homes, resulting in continued intergenerational trauma and loss of culture.\u00a0The\u00a01978 Indian Child Welfare Act\u00a0implemented new placement priorities recognizing the ties that native\u00a0children have to their tribes, as well as the tribe’s interest in their children. This made it\u00a0harder for native children to be placed in\u00a0non-Native homes, yet the State of Maine continued to have high rates of\u00a0removal.<\/p>\n

The TRC is investigating these removals by hearing the experiences of native children and families, and also from state officials, case workers, service providers and adoptive\u00a0and foster families. From these investigations we’ve gathered a number of video and audio recordings from private statements, interviews, and focus groups. With the help of a few volunteers, we are currently\u00a0working on transcribing an increasing pool of interviews and statements which are all approximately an hour long.<\/p>\n

Prior to coming across InqScribe, we were simply running the video\u00a0through QuickTime and having a word document open simultaneously. I am sure\u00a0I don’t need to tell you that this was a lot less effective than using\u00a0InqScribe. Having the video and text in a single window streamlined our process. Since we’re working with long videos and multiple transcribers, it’s great to have a program that helps us stay organized and consistent. And, unlike some other transcribing software, InqScribe allows us to transcribe video as well as audio recordings.<\/p>\n

Overall, InqScribe has been a really valuable resource for us and has sped up the\u00a0process of transcribing statements and interviews. It’s a system I am very\u00a0happy to support and was very keen to push to my staff and colleagues.<\/p>\n

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\"Research<\/a>About the Author
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\nRachel is a young indigenous scholar from Vancouver, British Columbia. As a member of the Ahousaht First Nation, she has grown into an advocate for indigenous rights. She has a genuine and enthusiastic commitment to strengthening the voices of indigenous peoples, and seeking methods of redress that are complementary to indigenous needs and rights.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks Rachel! Interested in learning more? Check out the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare TRC website<\/a>\u00a0and read\u00a0Rachel\u2019s generous endorsement of InqScribe.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many nonprofits use InqScribe to help transcribe interviews and spread their message. In this guest blog, Rachel George…\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,7,13],"tags":[109,136,196],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.inquirium.net\/inqscribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}