Resources

Our mission, ethical standards, consent framework, governance structure, and data stewardship principles. The foundational document for how AAPI Voice Archive operates.

• •Mission: Preserve Asian American experiences through community-led oral histories
• •Tiered consent: public, restricted, or embargoed access options
• •Advisory Circle governance with community representation
• •Secure storage with participant-controlled access

A plain-language guide to what the archive is, how interviews are conducted, our ethical values, and interview protocols. Essential reading for anyone participating.

• •What we are: a long-term historical archive for education and research
• •What we are not: journalism, therapy, advocacy, or social media
• •Core values: narrator agency, informed consent, do no harm
• •Interview structure: core questions + 2 thematic modules

Step-by-step operational checklist for interviewers covering pre-interview prep, consent procedures, recording setup, interview conduct, and post-interview documentation.

• •Pre-interview: confirm logistics, review questions, prepare consent form
• •Consent: explain rights, confirm access level, get signature before recording
• •Recording: opening slate, core questions, modules, closing
• •Post-interview: save files, complete metadata, upload securely

Complete 5-10 minute training module for new interviewers. Covers role clarity, ethics rules, technical setup, consent procedures, and certification requirements.

• •Your role: listen and document, not judge or guide
• •Ethics rules: voluntary participation, consent before recording, narrator control
• •Interview conduct: listen more than speak, allow silence, neutral follow-ups
• •Non-negotiable: the narrator is in control, ethics > completeness