SOAN 3070 Lecture 12: Oral History
10 Mar 2017
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Oral history values the contribution which individual experience makes to understand the past society and today. By recording an interview the many nuances, accents and emotions of speech are preserved. The oral history interview is a dialogue, a social relationship between two or more people. A life history or biographical approach enables reflection and analysis which draws out the significance of time in individual lives and wider society. The contested nature of memory is sometimes presented as weakness in oral history. The rights of the interviewee are of central concern and a regard for ethical principles in ownership, consent and shared authority are seen as paramount. Creating of a research design and writing a treatment. Define the purpose and scope of the project for the subject. Establish an interview schedule for the oral history. Always move from the general to the specific. Only one concept or issue should be included in a question.
