The Oral History Reader

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The Oral History Reader, now in its third edition, is a comprehensive, international anthology combining major, ‘classic’ articles with cutting-edge pieces on the theory, method and use of oral history. Twenty-seven new chapters introduce the most significant developments in oral history in the last decade to bring this invaluable text up to date, with new pieces on emotions and the senses, on crisis oral history, current thinking around traumatic memory, the impact of digital mobile technologies, and how oral history is being used in public contexts, with more international examples to draw in work from North and South America, Britain and Europe, Australasia, Asia and Africa. Arranged in five thematic sections, each with an introduction by the editors to contextualise the selection and review relevant literature, articles in this collection draw upon diverse oral history experiences to examine issues including: Key debates in the development of oral history over the past seventy years First hand reflections on interview practice, and issues posed by the interview relationship The nature of memory and its significance in oral history The practical and ethical issues surrounding the interpretation, presentation and public use of oral testimonies how oral history projects contribute to the study of the past and involve the wider community. The challenges and contributions of oral history projects committed to advocacy and empowerment With a revised and updated bibliography and useful contacts list, as well as a dedicated online resources page, this third edition of The Oral History Reader is the perfect tool for those encountering oral history for the first time, as well as for seasoned practitioners. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction to the third edition PART I Critical developments: introduction 1 BLACK HISTORY, ORAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY 2 THE VOICE OF THE PAST: ORAL HISTORY 3 ORAL HISTORY AND HARD TIMES: A REVIEW ESSAY 4 WHAT MAKES ORAL HISTORY DIFFERENT 5 POLITICS AND PRAXIS IN CANADIAN WORKING-CLASS ORAL HISTORY 6 ‘LISTENING IN THE COLD’: THE PRACTICE OF ORAL HISTORY IN AN ARGENTINE WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITY 7 WHAT REMAINS: REFLECTIONS ON CRISIS ORAL HISTORY 8 ORAL HISTORY AND THE SENSES 9 ‘I JUST WANT TO CLICK ON IT TO LISTEN’: ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVES, ORALITY AND USABILITY PART II Interviewing 10 INTERVIEWING AN INTERVIEWER 11 INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES 12 LEARNING TO LISTEN: INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSES 13 REMEMBERING IN GROUPS: NEGOTIATING BETWEEN ‘INDIVIDUAL’ AND ‘COLLECTIVE’ MEMORIES 14 INTERVIEWING THE WOMEN OF PHOKENG: CONSCIOUSNESS AND GENDER, INSIDER AND OUTSIDER 15 ISSUES IN CROSS-CULTURAL INTERVIEWING: JAPANESE WOMEN IN ENGLAND 16 RETICENCE IN ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS 17 TOWARD AN ETHICS OF SILENCE? NEGOTIATING OFF-THE-RECORD EVENTS AND IDENTITY IN ORAL HISTORY 18 IMAGING FAMILY MEMORIES: MY MUM, HER PHOTOGRAPHS, OUR MEMORIES 19 INTERVIEWING IN BUSINESS AND CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTS: BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES PART III Interpreting memories 20 REMEMBERING SURVIVAL: INSIDE A NAZI SLAVE-LABOR CAMP 21 SURVIVING MEMORY: TRUTH AND INACCURACY IN HOLOCAUST TESTIMONY 22 REMEMBERING A VIETNAM WAR FIREFIGHT: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES OVER TIME 23 ANZAC MEMORIES: PUTTING POPULAR MEMORY THEORY INTO PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA 24 PRIVATE LIFE IN STALIN’S RUSSIA: NARRATIVES, MEMORY AND ORAL HISTORY 25 MEMORY WORK IN JAVA: A CAUTIONARY TALE 26 SEX, ‘SILENCE’ AND AUDIOTAPE: LISTENING FOR FEMALE SAME-SEX DESIRE IN CUBA 27 ‘THAT’S NOT WHAT I SAID’: INTERPRETATIVE CONFLICT IN ORAL NARRATIVE RESEARCH 28 EVIDENCE, EMPATHY AND ETHICS: LESSONS FROM ORAL HISTORIES OF THE KLAN 29 REMEMBERING AND REWORKING EMOTIONS: THE REANALYSIS OF EMOTION IN AN INTERVIEW PART IV Making histories 30 VOICE, EAR AND TEXT: WORDS, MEANING AND TRANSCRIPTION 31 EDITING ORAL HISTORY FOR PUBLICATION 32 THE AFFECTIVE POWER OF SOUND: ORAL HISTORY ON RADIO 33 FOUNDLING VOICES: PLACING ORAL HISTORY AT THE HEART OF AN ORAL HISTORY EXHIBITION 34 CO-CREATING OUR STORY: MAKING A DOCUMENTARY FILM 35 THE HISTORICAL HEARING AID: LOCATED ORAL HISTORY FROM THE LISTENER’S PERSPECTIVE 36 MAPPING MEMORIES OF DISPLACEMENT: ORAL HISTORY, MEMORYSCAPES AND MOBILE METHODOLOGIES PART V Advocacy and empowerment 37 IMAGINING COMMUNITIES: MEMORY, LOSS AND RESILIENCE IN POST-APARTHEID CAPE TOWN 38 SOUND, MEMORY AND DIS/PLACEMENT: EXPLORING SOUND, SONG AND PERFORMANCE AS ORAL HISTORY IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN BORDERLANDS 39 ‘YOU HEAR IT IN THEIR VOICE’: PHOTOGRAPHS AND CULTURAL CONSOLIDATION AMONG INUIT YOUTHS AND ELDERS 40 ‘WE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS’: USING VIDEO AND RADIO ORAL HISTORY TO DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE ANALYSIS OF HOMELESSNESS 41 TRYING TO BE GOOD: LESSONS IN ORAL HISTORY AND PERFORMANCE 42 ORAL HISTORY AND NEW ORTHODOXIES: NARRATIVE ACCOUNTS IN THE HISTORY OF LEARNING DISABILITY 43 THE LIMITS OF ORAL HISTORY: ETHICS AND METHODOLOGY AMID HIGHLY POLITICIZED RESEARCH SETTINGS Select bibliography Useful contacts Index