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Oral History in Canada: An Overview

Leo La Clare

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An overview of oral history in Canada is warranted because oral history here has several distinctive features: there are large numbers of oral history interviews on tape only; most of the creators and collectors of oral history interviews are non-academics; oral history interviews are mainly used in broadcasts and other non-written publications; oral history is extensively used to document nonelite groups; and interviews are conducted in many languages. Are these features different only in degree when compared to oral history elsewhere? Or, are they the result of a distinctive view or concept that Canadians have of oral history?

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An overview of oral history in Canada is warranted because oral history here has several distinctive features: there are large numbers of oral history interviews on tape only; most of the creators and collectors of oral history interviews are non-academics; oral history interviews are mainly used in broadcasts and other non-written publications; oral history is extensively used to document nonelite groups; and interviews are conducted in many languages. Are these features different only in degree when compared to oral history elsewhere? Or, are they the result of a distinctive view or concept that Canadians have of oral history?

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An overview of oral history in Canada is warranted because oral history here has several distinctive features: there are large numbers of oral history interviews on tape only; most of the creators and collectors of oral history interviews are non-academics; oral history interviews are mainly used in broadcasts and other non-written publications; oral history is extensively used to document nonelite groups; and interviews are conducted in many languages. Are these features different only in degree when compared to oral history elsewhere? Or, are they the result of a distinctive view or concept that Canadians have of oral history?

Key concepts: Oral history, History, Oral examination, Medicine, Family medicine, Oral health, Archaeology

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