num_pages: 320
description: Oral history is vital to our understanding of the cultures and experiences of the past. Unlike written history oral history forever captures people's feelings expressions and nuances of language. But what exactly is oral history? How reliable is the information gathered by oral history? Andwhat does it take to become an oral historian? Donald A. Ritchie a leading expert in the field answers these questions and in particular explains the principles and guidelines created by the Oral History Association to ensure the professional standards of oral historians.Doing Oral History has become one of the premier resources in oral history. It explores all aspects of the field from starting an oral history project including funding staffing and equipment to conducting interviews; publishing; videotaping; preserving materials; teaching oral history; andusing oral history in museums and on the radio. In this second edition the author has incorporated new trends and scholarship updated and expanded the bibliography and appendices and added a new focus on digital technology and the Internet. Appendices include sample legal release forms andinformation on oral history organizations.Doing Oral History is a definitive step-by-step guide that provides advice and explanations on how to create recordings that illuminate human experience for generations to come. Illustrated with examples from a wide range of fascinating projects this authoritative guide offers clear practical anddetailed advice for students teachers researchers and amateur genealogists who wish to record the history of their own families and communities.
language: English
title: Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide
publisher: Oxford University Press