I went to University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) special collection to meet the women who started the oral history archive there, and read some of their transcripts http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/). The testimonies of the various Las Vegas showgirls were amazing and addressed such wide issues from technique, upbringing, travel and visa arrangements, racism in Vegas etc. They make for amazing reads and I managed to photocopy some of the best. This made me wonder about using appropriated interviews too. I’m not sure I have to be the interviewer, I’m just really interested in the voice of the showgirl. It still doesn’t quite answer the question of what I will do with the interview material, but it got me thinking about it.
