Exploring the Importance of Oral History
Discover the significance of oral history as a study of memory, its challenges, conducting interviews, writing methodologies, and recommended resources for further research in this engaging workshop on oral history.
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Oral History Dissertation workshop 18 October 2016 Dan Branch
Introduction All history was at first oral. Oral history as the study of memory rather than a substitution when written sources unavailable.
Why oral history? History beyond the archives Non-literate societies Marginalised groups (histories from below) Elites History of the everyday History as the study of memory What s remembered and forgotten Rumour
Challenges of oral history Intellectual What actually happened? Movement or methodology? Practical The interview More than words. Resources Time
The interview Before Ethics Research Identifying subjects During Technology Structure Setting Power After Transcription Storage
Writing oral history Let your sources speak (within limits) What do the sources tell you? Know your sources, written or oral Creative but rigorous methodology
Where next? Department ethics form Oral History Network reading list OHS Getting Started OHA Principles and Best Practice IHR Making History (for historiography)
