Seventh Theory: The evolutionary duality of document and narrative
Oral history, more than an accumulation of narratives, is a field of methodical dialogue between memory, power, ethics, and representation. In the meantime, one of the challenges for researchers in this field is to move from “interview report” to “theoretical structure,” a question to which each expert, based on their own experience and intellectual framework, give a different answer.Experts Answer to Oral History Questions
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Which is preferable: audio or video interviews?
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Theory Six: The Inevitability of Perspective
Oral history, more than an accumulation of narratives, is a field of methodical dialogue between memory, power, ethics, and representation. In the meantime, one of the challenges for researchers in this field is to move from “interview report” to “theoretical structure,” a question to which each expert, based on their own experience and intellectual framework, give a different answer.Experts Answer to Oral History Questions
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Is it necessary to address failures and bitterness in oral history?
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What theoretical gaps does Iranian oral history face today?
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How can narrators and interviewers reach a common understanding?
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Theory Five: The borderline status of the source in oral history
Oral history, more than being an accumulation of narrative, is a field of methodical dialogue between memory, power, ethics, and representation. In the meantime, one of the challenges for researchers in this field is to move from “interview report” to “theoretical structure”; a question to which each expert, based on his or her experience and intellectual ...Experts Answer to Oral History Questions
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What is the importance of the narrator and interviewers shared understanding of the past in oral history?
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What effect does nostalgia have on the association of memories and the formation of narratives?
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The name of each participant is given at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all the answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.1
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Documentary Pathology of the US Embassy Documents
The Necessity of Scientific Rereading and Content Analysis of DocumentsMore than four decades have passed since the publication of the first collections of documents from the US Embassy in Tehran. However, despite the relatively easy access to this treasure trove of documents, systematic research exploitation of it has not been adequate. We still do not have a “comprehensive picture” of the content of these 11,000 documents.
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Validation: Challenges and Necessities
Where does truth stand in oral history? How can the correctness of a narrative be recognized? Does fact-checking matter? If there is exaggeration in the reporting of some accounts, how can it be detected? Is it possible to record an event accurately through the recording of a narrative? Readers and users of oral history works are often faced with these questions, and sometimes encounter doubts about some oral history works.
