Barbara W. Sommer, Mary Kay Quinlan

The Oral History Manual (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Oral History Manualis 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 define oral history and then discuss the methodology in the context of the oral history life cycle - the guiding steps that take a practitioner from idea through access/use. They examine how to articulate the purpose of an interview, determine legal and ethical parameters, identify narrators and interviewers, choose equipment, develop budgets and record-keeping systems, prepare for and record interviews, care for interview materials, and use the interview information. In this third edition, in addition to new information on methodology, memory, technology, and legal options incorporated into each chapter, a completely new chapter provides guidelines on how to analyze interview content for effective use of oral history interview information. The Oral History Manualprovides an updated and expanded road map and a solid introduction to oral history for all oral history practitioners, from students to community and public historians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881877859
• Artikelnr.: 74846287

Autorenporträt

Barbara W. Sommer, M.A., BWS Associates, has over forty years of experience in the public history and oral history fields. She has been principal investigator and director of more than thirty major community oral history projects on topics ranging from healthcare to the arts and has taught oral history in post-secondary and community settings. She has been a presenter at state, national, and international conferences, and is a long-time member of the Oral History Association (OHA) where she has served in several leadership positions. She is the author and co-author of many books and articles including a number of oral history publications, several in multiple editions. She wrote her award-winning book Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota (2008, re-issued in paperback in 2022) and her book, Quilt House: The International Quilt Study Center & Museum (2012) based on, and using information from, oral history projects she led. She holds degrees from Carleton College and the University of Minnesota.