The Oral History Manual

The Oral History Manual
ISBN-10
0759111588
ISBN-13
9780759111585
Category
History
Pages
130
Language
English
Published
2009-06-16
Publisher
Rowman Altamira
Author
Barbara W. Sommer

Description

The Oral History Manual is designed to help anyone interested in doing oral history research to think like an oral historian. Recognizing that oral history is a research methodology, the authors first define oral history and provide an overview of its various applications. They then examine in detail the processes of planning and doing oral history, which include articulating the purpose of interviews, determining legal and ethical parameters, identifying narrators and interviewers, choosing equipment, developing budgets and record-keeping systems, preparing for and recording interviews, and caring for interview materials. The Oral History Manual provides a road map for all oral history practitioners, from students to public historians.

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