Overview

In the past sixty years, oral history has moved from the periphery to the mainstream of academic studies and is now employed as a research tool by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, medical therapists, documentary film makers, and educators at all levels. The Oxford Handbook of Oral History brings together forty authors on five continents to address the evolution of oral history, the impact of digital technology, the most recent methodological and archival issues, and the application of oral history to both scholarly research and public presentations. The volume is addressed to seasoned practitioners as well as to newcomers, offering diverse perspectives on the current state of the field and its likely future developments. Some of its chapters survey large areas of oral history research and examine how they developed; others offer case studies that deal with specific projects, issues, and applications of oral history. From the Holocaust, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, the Falklands War in Argentina, the Velvet Revolution in Eastern Europe, to memories of September 11, 2001 and of Hurricane Katrina, the creative and essential efforts of oral historians worldwide are examined and explained in this multipurpose handbook.

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Author:   Donald A. Ritchie (Senate Historian, Senate Historian, United States Senate)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.939kg
ISBN:  

9780199945061

ISBN 10:   0199945063
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   18 October 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Contributors Introduction: The Evolution of Oral History Donald A. Ritchie Part I The Nature of Interviewing 1. The Dynamics of Interviewing Mary Kay Quinlan 2. Those Who Prevailed and Those Who Were Replaced: Interviewing on Both Sides of a Conflict: Miroslav Vanek 3. Interviewing in Cross-Cultural Settings William Schneider 4. Case Study: Oral History and Democracy: Lessons from Illiterates Mercedes Vilanova Part II Memory and History 5. Memory and Remembering in Oral History Alistair Thomson 6. Can Memory be Collective? Anna Green 7. Case Study: Rome's House of Memory and History: The Politics of Memory and Public Institutions Alessandro Portelli 8. How Does One Win a Lost War? Oral History and Political Memories Federico Guillermo Lorenz 9. Disappointed Remains: Trauma, Testimony and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa Sean Field 10. Case Study: Memory Work with Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa Philippe Denis Part III Theory and Interpretation 11. The Stages of Women's Oral History Sue Armitage 12. Race and Oral History Albert Broussard 13. Remembering in Later Life: Generating Individual and Social Change Joanna Bornat 14. Oral History and the Senses Paula Hamilton 15. After Action: Oral History and War Megan Hutching 16. Case Study: ""Above all, we need the witness"": The Oral History of Holocaust Survivors Jessica Wiederhorn 17. Case Study: Field Notes on Catastrophe: Reflections on the September 11, 2001 Oral History Memory and Narrative Project Mary Marshall Clark Part IV The Technological Impact 18. Doing Video Oral History Brien Williams 19. Case Study: Opening Up Memory Space: The Challenges of Audiovisual History Albert Lichtblau 20. Achieving the Promise of Oral History in a Digital Age Doug Boyd 21. Oral History: Media, Message, and Meaning Clifford M. Kuhn 22. Messiah with a Microphone? Oral Historians, Technology, and Sound Archives Robert B. Perks 23. Case Study: Between the Raw and the Cooked in Oral History: Notes from the Kitchen Michael Frisch and Douglas Lambert Part V Legal, Ethical and Archival Imperatives 24. The Legal Ramifications of Oral History John Neuenschwander 25. Medical Ethics and Oral History Michelle Winslow and Graham Smith 26. The Archival Imperative: Can Oral History Survive the Funding Crisis in Archival Institutions? Beth M. Robertson 27. Case Study: The Southern Oral History Program Jacquelyn Dowd Hall interviewed by Kathryn Nasstrom 28. Case Study: What is it that University-Based Oral History Can Do? The Berkeley Experience Richard Cándida Smith Part VI Presenting Oral History 29. Towards a Public Oral History Graham Smith 30. Motivating the Twenty-First-Century Student with Oral History Glenn Whitman 31. Oral History in Universities: From Margins to Mainstream Janis Wilton 32: Case Study: Engaging Interpretation through Digital Technologies Rina Benmayor 33: Oral History in the Digital Age Sheila Brennan, James Halabuk, Sharon Leon, Tom Scheinfeldt, and Kelly Schrum Index"

Reviews

a rich compendium of the theoretical, methodological, and technological developments ... Many of the authors in the Oxford Handbook draw on their experiences of doing research and running programs. This gives the Oxford Handbook a personal touch that might make it more accessible to a broader audience, including students and community researchers. * Alexander Freund, Oral History Review * The publication of this Oxford Handbook reflects the now widespread acceptance and respectability of oral history as a methodology at the heart of historical, and other academic, disciplines. * James Mark, English Historical Review *

The publication of this Oxford Handbook reflects the now widespread acceptance and respectability of oral history as a methodology at the heart of historical, and other academic, disciplines. James Mark, English Historical Review

Author Information

Donald A. Ritchie is historian of the U.S. Senate, where he conducts an oral history program. A past president of the Oral History Association, he has also served on the councils of the International Oral History Association and the American Historical Association. He is the author of many books, including Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide (OUP, 2003), Reporting from Washington (OUP, 2005) and The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2010).

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