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Oral History at the Crossroads: Sharing Life Stories of Survival and Displacement

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Description for Oral History at the Crossroads: Sharing Life Stories of Survival and Displacement Paperback. Drawing on a collaborative research project, this book provides an alternative model for how oral and public histories should be recorded and curated. Series: Shared: Oral and Public History Series. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 680.

When hundreds of people displaced by mass violence volunteered to tell their stories to the Montreal Life Stories project, they challenged long-held beliefs about how oral stories should be recorded, collected, and shared.

Using the Montreal Life Stories project as an example of collective storytelling, Oral History at the Crossroads rejects the idea that there must be “critical distance” between researchers and their subjects. Instead, it provides an alternative model to traditional research practice, one where community members “share authority” as equal partners in a project. More than a hundred photographs illustrate the experiences of those who participated in the project ... Read more

A sustained reflection on collaborative research, Oral History at the Crossroads has methodological and ethical implications for scholars. And, as a contemporary model for curating oral and public history, it pushes the field in new directions.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Series
Shared: Oral and Public History Series
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774826846
SKU
V9780774826846
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About Steven High
Steven High is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Oral History and the co-director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University. He was principal investigator of the Montreal Life Stories project.

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