Hands Working: Oral History Audio Recording of Fishing and Twining Craft

Marie-Annick Moreau uploaded a 15.0 MB audio file (WAV format) to figshare on 2026-06 03 12:19:37. The recording features a close-up shot of Bumbo's hands working and includes his narration about learning fishing and twining work from his grandfather. The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0.

Use Cases

• Analyzing narrative structure and personal memory based on the spoken account of learning a craft.
• Studying the acoustics and prosody of descriptive speech about manual work.
• Training audio models for speech recognition or sentiment analysis on niche, non-scripted dialogue.
• Supporting qualitative research on fishing communities and traditional knowledge systems.

Strengths

• Audio file is 15.0 MB, suggesting a recording of reasonable length and quality.
• Specific license (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0) clearly defines permissible non-commercial use and sharing terms.
• Description provides concrete context about the subject (Bumbo), the activity (twining), and the narrative theme (learning from grandfather).

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which limits suitability assessment for structured analysis.
• The description is narrative; technical metadata about audio sampling rate, duration, or recording conditions is absent.

Provenance

Source

Marie-Annick Moreau

Collection Method

Likely a field audio recording of an individual narrating a personal experience.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 12:19:37; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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