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We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.Theories about oral history narrated by artificial intelligence
Theory Six: The Inevitability of Perspective
Oral history, more than an accumulation of narratives, is a field of methodical dialogue between memory, power, ethics, and representation. In the meantime, one of the challenges for researchers in this field is to move from “interview report” to “theoretical structure,” a question to which each expert, based on their own experience and intellectual framework, give a different answer.Experts Answer to Oral History Questions
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Is it necessary to address failures and bitterness in oral history?
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.Experts Answer to Oral History Questions
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What theoretical gaps does Iranian oral history face today?
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all the answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.Experts Answer to Oral History Questions
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How can narrators and interviewers reach a common understanding?
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.Theories about oral history narrated by artificial intelligence
Theory Five: The borderline status of the source in oral history
Oral history, more than being an accumulation of narrative, is a field of methodical dialogue between memory, power, ethics, and representation. In the meantime, one of the challenges for researchers in this field is to move from “interview report” to “theoretical structure”; a question to which each expert, based on his or her experience and intellectual ...Experts Answer to Oral History Questions
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What is the importance of the narrator and interviewers shared understanding of the past in oral history?
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all the answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.Experts Answer to Oral History Questions
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What effect does nostalgia have on the association of memories and the formation of narratives?
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The name of each participant is given at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all the answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.Experts answer to oral history questions
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What is the boundary between memoir and oral history?
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all the answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.Theories about oral history narrated by artificial intelligence
Theory Four: The Crisis of Border Legitimacy
Oral history, more than being an accumulation of narratives, is a field of methodical dialogue between memory, power, ethics, and representation. In the meantime, one of the challenges for researchers in this field is to move from “interview report” to “theoretical structure”; a question to which each expert, based on his or her experience and intellectual framework, gives a different answer.1
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What is the importance of the narrator and interviewers shared understanding of the past in oral history?We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all the answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.
Validation: Challenges and Necessities
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