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It bugs me, too. Nowadays, "An oral history of X" just means "We interviewed multiple people related to X, and here is a written article containing some of the
by jawns 6y ago
It bugs me, too. Nowadays, "An oral history of X" just means "We interviewed multiple people related to X, and here is a written article containing some of their quotes."
That's a lot different from what the Oral History Association describes in its principles and best practices, where the focus is on preserving sound recordings of interviews:
https://www.oralhistory.org/about/principles-and-practices-revised-2009/ https://www.oralhistory.org/about/principles-and-practices-r...