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Top Four Reasons to use the Narrative as a Research Strategy
People tell stories in every culture although they vary in form and purpose, these are often known as narratives. Narratives are always present in different group settings and scholars are noting that storytelling is a compelling endeavor that is universal. Stories are passed on from generation to generation and sometimes they are folk tales while…
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Top 7 General Equipment for Oral History Interviews
As an oral historian while conducting an interview it is important you give your full attention to the interviewee. Hence you cannot write down everything the interviewee is saying as it is distracting and the without a doubt, important information can be lost since keeping up with every word they utter with complete accuracy is…
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Sources of Oral History
In my previous posts, I briefly explained What is Oral History and the Importance of Oral History, and at this point I thought it would be acceptable to explain exactly where does this oral history come from? There is a vast amount of oral history out there and delving into each of them would take…
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3 Basic Areas to Consider while Conducting an Oral History Interview
Having a well planned out interview process is the most blissful thing for any interviewer. Going into an interview blindly just makes everything all the more harder to carry out. Not knowing the line of questioning or what the subject is all about can be an absolute nightmare for just about anyone. In this blog,…
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Importance of Oral History
This blog urges the importance of collecting the oral history. Oral history are the stories that living individuals tell about their past or about the past of other people. Just from that statement alone there is a whole slew of reasons why oral history would be important but I will just cover six important reasons. Education There is a growing importance of…
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What is Oral History?
Definition To understand the meaning of oral history, a definition is in order. So, what is history? I bet everyone reading this blog already knows exactly what history is from the teachings back in school. But I’ll tell you anyways. As taught at any level of education, history is an umbrella term that refers to past events told through memory discovery, collection, organization, presentation and interpretation of information about these events. Sources…
