| Oral History at the Crossroads: Sharing Life Stories of Survival and Displacement Contributor(s): High, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774826843 ISBN-13: 9780774826846 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Social Science | Violence In Society - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 971.162 |
| Physical Information: 456 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the span of seven years, hundreds of people displaced by mass violence told their stories to the Montreal Life Stories project. From the outset, the project's organizers sought to develop an alternative model to traditional oral history practice, one where community members "shared authority" as equal partners. Together, they challenged long-held beliefs about how oral stories should be collected and shared. As a sustained reflection on this large-scale experiment in collaborative research, Oral History at the Crossroads has methodological and ethical implications for scholars. It also provides a contemporary model for curating public history, pushing the field in new directions. |