Oral History

Design and Structure of Interview Questions in Oral History: Principles and Methods

The Oral History website, aiming to shed light on the challenges and obstacles in producing oral history works and memoirs, has conducted interviews with several experts and practitioners in the field. These discussions are presented here in the form of short notes. The interview, as the primary tool for compiling oral history works, is not a one-way discourse but rather a process based on bilateral dialogue.

Oral History Interviewing: Challenges, Significance, and Strategies

The Oral History Website, in an effort to delve deeper into the complexities and challenges surrounding the production of oral history works and memoirs, has engaged in discussions with several scholars and practitioners in the field. These conversations will be presented to readers in the form of brief analytical notes.

Benefits of Oral History

History, as one of the fundamental disciplines within the humanities, has evolved through time to adopt various forms and methodologies. Concepts such as "written history," "comprehensive history," and "oral history" exemplify these approaches. Written history relies on documents and textual sources for the analysis and composition of historical accounts, while comprehensive history seeks to integrate various sources—both written and oral.

Various Narrations and Interpretations in Oral History

In oral history, sometimes the memories of a person are narrated and the topic of discussion is that person; but sometimes, oral history expresses an event or a topic. In this regard, if the focus of oral history is on the "subject", the more narratives we have, the better and more accurate results will be obtained, and the more we will understand the essence of the case.

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Content editing of oral history should be close to the interviewee’s style

According to Oral History Website, Dr. Morteza Rasoulipour in the framework of four online sessions described the topic “Compilation in Oral History” in the second half of the month of Mordad (August 2024). It has been organized by the Iranian History Association. In continuation, a selection of the teaching will be retold:

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The interviewer is the best compiler

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The position of “standard language” in compiling oral history

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Privacy

In order to learn more about the problems and challenges of producing oral history works or memoirs, the oral history website has conducted conversations with some experts and activists in this field, which will be presented to the audience in the form of short notes. Maintaining the interviewee's privacy is one of the duties of the oral history interviewer.

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Compilation of texts requires proficiency over all types of writings

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Oral History Interviewer Should Be “Patient”, “Cautious”, and “Unbiased”

According to Iranian Oral History Website, the fourth online session of “Oral History School” was held by Iranian History Association on Tuesday evening, July 9, 2024. In this session, Dr. Abolfazl Hasanabadi gave a lecture focused on “Interview: Stages and Manners”.

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An Excerpt from the Memoirs of General Mohammad Jafar Asadi

As Operation Fath-ol-Mobin came to an end, the commanders gathered at the “Montazeran-e Shahadat” Base, thrilled by a huge and, to some extent, astonishing victory achieved in such a short time. They were already bracing themselves for the next battle. It is no exaggeration to say that this operation solidified an unprecedented friendship between the Army and IRGC commanders.

A Selection from the Memoirs of Haj Hossein Yekta

The scorching cold breeze of the midnight made its way under my wet clothes and I shivered. The artillery fire did not stop. Ali Donyadideh and Hassan Moghimi were in front. The rest were behind us. So ruthlessly that it was as if we were on our own soil. Before we had even settled in at the three-way intersection of the Faw-Basra-Umm al-Qasr road, an Iraqi jeep appeared in front of us.

Part of memoirs of martyr Seyed Asadollah Lajevardi

Boycotting within prison

Here I remember something that breaks the continuity, and I have to say it because I may forget it later. In Evin Prison, due to the special position that we and our brothers held and our belief in following the line of Marja’eiyat [sources of emulation] and the Imam, we had many differences with the Mujahedin.

It was raised at the "Fourth Conference on the Oral History of Sacred Defense":

The credibility of the commanders

According to the Iranian Oral History website, the “Conclusion of the Fourth National Conference on the Oral History of the Sacred Defense and Resistance” was held on Saturday morning, March 24, 2025, in the presence of oral history activists, in the Qalam Hall of the ...