Oral history, research, and technology
A month ago, the Oral History Association (OHA) hosted their 2012 annual conference, “Sing It Out, Shout It Out, Say It Out Loud: Giving Voice through Oral History†in Cleveland, Ohio. .Memories of Sacred Defense pilot to be displayed at TIBF
Mohammad Moama is currently working on a book on life and memories of General Commander Abdolhamid Najafi. The book is expected to be displayed at Tehrans 26th international book fair.Sacred Defense POW writes captivity stories
Ahmad Yousef Zadeh who spent 8 years of his life in Saddam’s prison camps has finished writing stories of his captivity in a memoir entitled as Those 23. IBNA: The book title stands from the number of the teens attending the Beitol Moghadas operation during the Sacred Defense by Iranian forces. The 23 were captured by Iraqi forces during the operation and were taken to Saddam’s detention camps, and were meant to be exploited as a took against Iran, but after they went on a five-day hunger strike, Iraqi forces backed out and agreed to give them what they wanted, said Yousef Zadeh in an interview with IBNA.UKs Doug Boyd Schools Nation on Oral History Practices
Information in this day and age is rarely scarce, but often not collected and saved properly for future generations. However, one national project under the leadership of oral historian Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at University of Kentucky Libraries, hopes to remedy that through the dissemination of best practices via the Oral History in the Digital Age (OHDA).Oral History Project revived after four decades
that is how an oral history project started by the Lompoc Historical Society and the Lompoc Museum in the late 1970s has nearly come to fruition today. As Patricia Sazani, who grew up in Lompoc, was completing her anthropology degree at Columbia University, she got the idea to call the Lompoc Historical Society to ask if they would be interested in having her start an oral history project.Book to be released on memories of Sacred Defense commander
The Sacred Defense Works and Values Preservation and Publication Foundation will release a new oral history book based on Commander Ali Akbar-nejad’s war recollections.An Eye for An Eye signing ceremony to be held
Copies of Ameneh Bahrami’s memories published in a volume by Mehdi Sojoudi will be signed in a ceremony arranged on Thursday, November 29, 2012 in the presence of the author and Bahrami.Martyr Motahari’s Man and Fate appears in German
The German rendition of Man and Fate has been published in Berlin by Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization.Book being written on memories of Pearl Military Operation
The Arrow in the Heavens is the title of a book compiled by Jalal Mousavi on the oral history of Islamic Republic of Iran’s navy. The work encompasses memories of the comrades at Pearl Operation during the Sacred Defense.Klezmer Punks, Gangsta Rabbis: An Oral History of JDub Records
Ten years ago, JDub Records was a collegiate pipe dream. By 2006, it was the single coolest thing in Jewish popular culture. Five years later, JDub Records ceased to exist....
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The Arab People Committee
Another event that happened in Khuzestan Province and I followed up was the Arab People Committee. One day, we were informed that the Arabs had set up a committee special for themselves. At that time, I had less information about the Arab People , but knew well that dividing the people into Arab and non-Arab was a harmful measure.Kak-e Khak
The book “Kak-e Khak” is the narration of Mohammad Reza Ahmadi (Haj Habib), a commander in Kurdistan fronts. It has been published by Sarv-e Sorkh Publications in 500 copies in spring of 1400 (2022) and in 574 pages. Fatemeh Ghanbari has edited the book and the interview was conducted with the cooperation of Hossein Zahmatkesh.Is oral history the words of people who have not been seen?
Some are of the view that oral history is useful because it is the words of people who have not been seen. It is meant by people who have not been seen, those who have not had any title or position. If we look at oral history from this point of view, it will be objected why the oral memories of famous people such as revolutionary leaders or war commanders are compiled.Daily Notes of a Mother
Memories of Ashraf-al Sadat SistaniThey bring Javad's body in front of the house. His mother comes forward and says to lay him down and recite Ziarat Warith. His uncle recites Ziarat and then tells take him to the mosque which is in the middle of the street and pray the funeral prayer (Ṣalāt al-Janāzah) so that those who do not know what the funeral prayer is to learn it.
