We ask authors of books reviewed in Oral History Review to answer 5 questions about why we should read their books. In our latest installment of the series, Lillian Guerra discusses Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946-1958. Read David Olson’s review of Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946-1958 online […]
We’ve asked creators of non-print and media projects reviewed in the pages of Oral History Review to answer 5 questions about why we should explore them. In our latest installment of this series, project founders Lynda Crane and Tracy McDonough discuss The Schizophrenia Oral History Project (TSOHP) Read more about it in their 2014 OHR article, “Living […]
By Janneken Smucker, Abigail Perkiss, and David Caruso, co-editors After a winter break and the turning of a new calendar year, we are back at the Oral History Review blog, eager to share the latest research and news related to the oral history community. During the past year we’ve been preparing for a big transition, […]
Oral history provides the opportunity to explore intersubjectivity and positionality. Here, Daniel Clarkson Fisher shares his work with the Chinese Jamaican Oral History Project centered in Toronto. The moving video excerpts from interviews below demonstrate shared authority in practice. By Daniel Clarkson Fisher During the 1970s, North America became home to thousands of new immigrants […]
The Oral History Review invites submissions with a special focus on ethics in oral history, broadly conceived. Submit full articles by June 1, 2020. Core to our work as oral historians are the relationships we establish with our narrators, asking them to trust us with their stories so we can learn and broaden our understanding […]
All oral history interviews result from the interaction between interviewee and interviewer, and the intersubjectivities within that relationship. Oral historian Liz Strong experienced many variations of this dynamic over the nine months of her pregnancy, which she shares in this post. By Liz Strong On the day that I went into labor, I conducted two […]
In their recent OHR article, “Migration and Inclusive Transnational Heritage: Digital Innovation and the New Roots Latino Oral History Initiative,” Hannah Gill, Jaycie Vos, Laura Villa-Torres, Maria Silvia Ramirez demonstrate how the New Roots Latino Oral History Initiative engages with and documents immigrant populations. Here Gill answers a few of our questions about the project. […]
Oral historians have begun drawing on the history of emotions, analyzing nonverbal communication and sentiment, rather than only the words narrators speak. Here Dalrún Eygerðardóttir, a PhD student at the University of Iceland, shares her interpretation of expressions of sorrow communicated by Icelandic housekeepers in oral history interviews. By Dalrún J. Eygerðardóttir “I can´t explain […]
Oral history has deep roots in activism, with practitioners focused on how the method can build community and lead to social change. Next week’s Oral History Association’s annual meeting centers on the theme of “Pathways in the Field: Considerations for those Working In, On, and Around Oral History,” exploring various modes of working in oral […]
In her recent OHR article, “Refugee Narratives; Oral History and Ethnography; Stories and Silence,” Lindsay French describes the nature of her interviews with Cambodian refugees in Thailand after the demise of the Khmer Rouge. Here she answers some of our questions about the challenges she encountered conducting ethnographic interviews in this context. Please describe the […]
