To answer one of your questions, my experience of oral history has come through Studs Terkel's books like Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression.
Thank you, Robert. You have introduced me to a new writer! I had to look Terkel up as I had not heard of him before. It seems he was quite a prolific oral historian. I have added him to my 'must read' list.
Agreed! Didn’t know about the rigour of oral history, but it makes sense as you described it. I love to hear stories that people tell about themselves and their places too. Just had a few weeks travel with so many fascinating stories- didn’t officially record them but also I can’t wait to incorporate them into future writing. Thanks for your interesting post!
Thanks for your comment, Sabrina, and I'm glad you enjoyed the post. It sounds like you have some lovely stories to write up. How do you record them while in the field? The process is quite fascinating as I'm sure we all do it differently.
I wish I could say I run and write them up right away, but when I travel, but I mostly just jot down some notes anywhere I can to try to jog my memory. I'm just back home now so we'll see what I remember!
Oral history is a very interesting field to get into. It doesn't fit with what I'm doing right at the moment but I can think of some terrifically useful projects for the future.
To answer one of your questions, my experience of oral history has come through Studs Terkel's books like Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression.
Thank you, Robert. You have introduced me to a new writer! I had to look Terkel up as I had not heard of him before. It seems he was quite a prolific oral historian. I have added him to my 'must read' list.
Agreed! Didn’t know about the rigour of oral history, but it makes sense as you described it. I love to hear stories that people tell about themselves and their places too. Just had a few weeks travel with so many fascinating stories- didn’t officially record them but also I can’t wait to incorporate them into future writing. Thanks for your interesting post!
Thanks for your comment, Sabrina, and I'm glad you enjoyed the post. It sounds like you have some lovely stories to write up. How do you record them while in the field? The process is quite fascinating as I'm sure we all do it differently.
I wish I could say I run and write them up right away, but when I travel, but I mostly just jot down some notes anywhere I can to try to jog my memory. I'm just back home now so we'll see what I remember!
This is really interesting Yasmin, thank you. You’ve got me looking up Oral History now! 😊
Hah! Sorry, Lynne. Or, not sorry...!
Oral history is a very interesting field to get into. It doesn't fit with what I'm doing right at the moment but I can think of some terrifically useful projects for the future.
I appreciate your comment, thanks for reading.