2017•The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research MethodsRequires access
Oral History Interviewing
Devika Chawla
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Abstract
Oral history interviews are a cross‐disciplinary genre of qualitative research that function as a method for recording and preserving history. They are considered a form of personal experience narrative grounded in experiences of the past rather than a testimony about contemporary events. This entry provides a short history of the beginnings of oral history as a field in the North American context and offers an explanation for how oral history interviewing differs from other forms of qualitative interviewing.