In our upcoming issue of OHR (49.2), Katherine Fobear discusses project design and the incorporation of visual methods into storytelling for LGBTQ refugees in her article, “The Precariousness of Home and Belonging among Queer Refugees: Using Participatory Photography in Oral Histories in Vancouver, British Columbia.” What is it about oral history that makes it […]
In OHR’s spring Issue, sociologist Jakub Mlynář uses conversation analysis to explore the nature of oral history, investigating how all participants—interviewers, interviewees, and later listeners and others users—make sense of the interview with cues such as temporal markers and existing knowledge. His article, “How is Oral History Possible? On Linguistically Universal and Topically Specific Knowledge,” […]
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, Irene Reti, Cameron Vanderscoff, and Sarah Rabkin discuss their book Seeds of Something Different: An Oral History of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Read former OHR editor […]
In OHR‘s upcoming Spring Issue, Holly Werner-Thomas shares her methods of detailing all five senses within an oral history interview in her article, “Sensory Roadmaps: How to Capture Sensory Detail in an Interview and Why Doing So Has Exciting Implications for Oral History.” Here she shares her zine, featuring ethnopoetic transcription and experimental writing forms, […]
Before we leave 2021 completely behind us, we wanted to get one last look at some of the blog’s most popular posts. Here is a countdown of the top ten most viewed OHR blog posts published in the past year. 10. OHR Readings on Asian American History and Culture by Mark Vallaro, April 9, 2021 9. […]
Our Fall 2021 issue (48.2) focuses on ethics and oral history. Not surprisingly, the topic has elicited continuing discussions about how we approach or practices as oral historians. The OHR editors intend for this blog space to be a venue for that dialogue. Here we share a letter to the editors we received from Donald […]
In this installment of OHR Conversations, Oral History Review co-editor Janneken Smucker welcomes Lana Dee Povitz for a conversation about ethics in oral history, the delicate relationship between interviewers and narrators, the differences between oral history and journalism, and and what happens when you love your narrator too much. Povitz authored the recent, “Warm Distance: Grappling with […]
Mark your calendars! We will host a webinar in partnership with the Oral History Association and the Organization of American Historians on November 16, 1pm ET, titled “Sharing Authority: The Oral History Review Special Issue on Ethics.” From the editors During this webinar, the OHR editorial team will join authors of articles in its recent Special […]
OHR‘s Special Issue on Ethics is finally here. We will hear from several of our contributing authors over the next months, as they reflect on aspects of their oral history practice as it relate to ethics. This week, Mary Rizzo, author of “Who Speaks for Baltimore: The Invisibility of Whiteness and the Ethics of Oral […]
Our new issue 48.2 focused on ethics in oral history features Liz Strong’s article, “Shifting Focus: Interviewers Share Advice on Protecting Themselves from Harm,” about distinct challenges faced by oral historians in their work. She outlines key structures of support to address such challenges, concluding with ways to apply those structures during project design, while […]
