Around the Globe. Rethinking Oral History with Its Protagonists

0395150 - ÚSD 2014 RIV CZ eng B - Monography
Vaněk, Miroslav
Around the Globe. Rethinking Oral History with Its Protagonists.
Praha: Karolinum Press, 2013. 172 s. ISBN 978-80-246-2226-2
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP410/11/1352
Institutional support: RVO:68378114
Keywords : oral history * interviews
Subject RIV: AB - History

In this unique and important work, Around the Globe, Rethinking Oral History with Its Protagonists, Miroslav Vaněk interviews thirteen experts on oral history to discuss the current status of this medium within the social sciences in light of recent breakthroughts in technology. Aroung the Globe addresses many of the challenges of oral history, from its inherent subjectivity to whether it should be treated as a discipline or simply a method for research. The interviewees also include their own accounts of how they began to study oral history, giving each section of the book a personal element that makes it a unique handbook for anyone using oral history in their research.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0223268