This article continues the discussion of Oral Histories and provides further understanding of the process of creating a good Oral History. A similar definition of Oral History is provided ("To summarize: oral history might be understood as a self-conscious, disciplined conversation between two people about some aspect of the past considered by them to be of historical significance and intentionally recorded for the record.") But this time, there is emphasis on a specific event that happened in the past.
It is important to have accurate accounts of historical events and the people who were involved. Since the Oral History project is ultimately an interview, it requires face-to-face communication with another person. The emphasis on the personal connection between two people is also important because during a time of so much technology, it becomes easy to replace face-to-face communication with emails or text messages.
It is important to have accurate accounts of historical events and the people who were involved. Since the Oral History project is ultimately an interview, it requires face-to-face communication with another person. The emphasis on the personal connection between two people is also important because during a time of so much technology, it becomes easy to replace face-to-face communication with emails or text messages.
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