A Reflection on the Relationship between Oral History and Art – 2
Its Form and Importance
Oral history is the product of human action and humans are different from each other. It has never been possible to repeat and realize all the works in all periods. The facilities and historical and cultural contexts are not the same. By the way, this is where human talent and art emerge; The talent and art that comes out of the creativity and ability of the oral history researcher.A Reflection on the Relationship between Oral History and Art- 1
Oral history is a collection of words and sentences with a specific purpose, which must have thematic, literary and content discipline in order to meet the needs of the audience. What does such a phenomenon have to do with art? If there is a relationship, is it only in formal aspects or in the content as well?A Spring Note
A Conversation for Today and Yesterday Inspired by Nature
Spring song is heard. The earth shows its colorful face. Nature is on the path of excellence and leaves winter behind. It is as if this eternal teacher reminds people that the past is not unrelated to today and tomorrow. In order to reach spring, one must experience winter and note that the ...Comprehensiveness and Amnesia in “Oral History”
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A Reporter Who Absolutely Ignored Oral History Book
In the late 2010s, I accepted an oral history project at the suggestion of a friend; without knowing the depth of the prerequisites, dos, don'ts and challenges of the oral history interview. I did an hour-long interview a week, and when it was over, I felt that the amount of energy spent was more than news interviews and it didn't go as smoothly as I thought.A Critique on Oral history of War Commanders
“Answering Historical Questions and Ambiguities Instead of Individual-Organizational Identification”
“Oral history of Commanders” is reviewed with the assumption that in the field of war historiography, applying this method is narrated in an advancing “new” way, with the aim of war historiography, emphasizing role of commanders in creation of its situations and details.Three Achievements of Cultural History for War Researchers
Perhaps the claim that the most important influence of cultural history on war studies was the deconstruction of the concept of "history" and the concept of "war" is not an exaggerated one. Cultural history actually deconstructed the concept of war and the history of war. Cultural history tells us not to see the war exclusively in the contexts, manifestations of the people who were only on the battlefield, but also see the contexts adjacent to it.ORAL HISTORY WORKS AND UPCOMING PROBLEMS (1)
In order to understand more about the problems of producing books on the subject of oral history or memoirs, the oral history website has conducted short interviews with some experts and practitioners, which will be presented to the readers in short notes and in several parts. Haste: Haste is a big problem in research works, but it is more visible in oral history. This problem is more related to the clients.Oral History; Science or Method
Now the question is whether oral history, which has a deep relationship with history, is a science or a research method under the science of history! To get the answer, it is better to take a look at the background of oral history. Oral history is one of the new research achievements in history, which describes and identifies past events based on the views, hearings and actions of witnesses and related people.Consequences of misusing the title of oral history
Using the title of oral history for any memoir text or autobiographical book is one of the harms that can be seen in the works published by many small and large cultural publishers and organizations in recent years. These centers, which sometimes have government budgets, ignore the nuances and details of such projects, and generously use the title of oral history for any memoir or biography, and consider themselves to have a high record and a high possibility of activity in this field.1
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