Introduction: Approaching Oral History at the Centre for Popular Memory
| dc.contributor.author | Field, Sean | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-29T13:40:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-05-29T13:40:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-13T08:42:05Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | At its dialogic centre, oral history research methodology involves interactions between an interviewer eliciting and listening to a narrator framing and performing their memories through spoken words, sentences and stories. But oral history per se, as this South African Historical Journal collection will demonstrate, is much more than interface between interviewer and interviewee. This is because oral history is constructed through dialogues about memory, ways of ‘writing’ and ‘speaking’ words, diverse forms of dissemination and archiving, and multiple ways of interpreting memories and stories that reveal the nuances of subjectivity, agency and identity formation. South African oral history as a research methodology and practice has moved from its humble beginnings in the 1970s to its resurgence in the post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) period. There are now, probably, far more oral history projects happening outside of universities in a variety of sites such as schools, museums, archives and non-governmental organisations. However, a variety of questions and challenges remain for oral historians, such as the need for appropriate ethical standards for oral history research, dissemination and audiovisual archiving. | |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02582470802416385 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Field, S. (2008). Introduction: Approaching Oral History at the Centre for Popular Memory. <i>South African Historical Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28186 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Field, Sean "Introduction: Approaching Oral History at the Centre for Popular Memory." <i>South African Historical Journal</i> (2008) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28186 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Field, S. (2008). Introduction: Approaching oral history at the Centre for Popular Memory. South African Historical Journal, 60(2), 169-174. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - AU - Field, Sean AB - At its dialogic centre, oral history research methodology involves interactions between an interviewer eliciting and listening to a narrator framing and performing their memories through spoken words, sentences and stories. But oral history per se, as this South African Historical Journal collection will demonstrate, is much more than interface between interviewer and interviewee. This is because oral history is constructed through dialogues about memory, ways of ‘writing’ and ‘speaking’ words, diverse forms of dissemination and archiving, and multiple ways of interpreting memories and stories that reveal the nuances of subjectivity, agency and identity formation. South African oral history as a research methodology and practice has moved from its humble beginnings in the 1970s to its resurgence in the post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) period. There are now, probably, far more oral history projects happening outside of universities in a variety of sites such as schools, museums, archives and non-governmental organisations. However, a variety of questions and challenges remain for oral historians, such as the need for appropriate ethical standards for oral history research, dissemination and audiovisual archiving. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Historical Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Introduction: Approaching Oral History at the Centre for Popular Memory TI - Introduction: Approaching Oral History at the Centre for Popular Memory UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28186 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28186 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Field S. Introduction: Approaching Oral History at the Centre for Popular Memory. South African Historical Journal. 2008; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28186. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Historical Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Historical Journal | |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rshj20 | |
| dc.title | Introduction: Approaching Oral History at the Centre for Popular Memory | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
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