What will happen for oral history in the future?
The growth of technology and public access to communication facilities in various fields and expansion of using artificial intelligence (AI) have faced the future of some jobs with ambiguity and hesitation. Will oral history also suffer this fate and join the ring of disciplines that gradually fade, and their importance decrease? In response to the question, we must see what is the axis of oral history around which this field was formed and ...A Reflection on the Relationship between Oral History and Art (Final Fart)
Balance in Effect
People of knowledge consider existence as a product of balance, proportion and harmony in all parts and aspects that everything is in its place and every event takes place in a logical and natural framework and all creatures are placed together in a balanced way and play a role. Therefore, balance is one of the essentials of creation, and ...A Reflection on the Relationship between Oral History and Art – 2
Its Form and Importance
Oral history is the product of human action and humans are different from each other. It has never been possible to repeat and realize all the works in all periods. The facilities and historical and cultural contexts are not the same. By the way, this is where human talent and art emerge; The talent and art that comes out of the creativity and ability of the oral history researcher.A Reflection on the Relationship between Oral History and Art- 1
Oral history is a collection of words and sentences with a specific purpose, which must have thematic, literary and content discipline in order to meet the needs of the audience. What does such a phenomenon have to do with art? If there is a relationship, is it only in formal aspects or in the content as well?A Spring Note
A Conversation for Today and Yesterday Inspired by Nature
Spring song is heard. The earth shows its colorful face. Nature is on the path of excellence and leaves winter behind. It is as if this eternal teacher reminds people that the past is not unrelated to today and tomorrow. In order to reach spring, one must experience winter and note that the ...Comprehensiveness and Amnesia in “Oral History”
According to the author, it can be claimed in some ways that Iran is the land of cultural "epidemics"! At any time, it is possible to witness that a wave of attention to a cultural field in the country starts at once, and several centers pay attention to a common work widely. The example of writing encyclopedias is a prominent example of this type of cultural epidemic that we witnessed its ...An overview of the challenges of news interviews and oral history interviews
A Reporter Who Absolutely Ignored Oral History Book
In the late 2010s, I accepted an oral history project at the suggestion of a friend; without knowing the depth of the prerequisites, dos, don'ts and challenges of the oral history interview. I did an hour-long interview a week, and when it was over, I felt that the amount of energy spent was more than news interviews and it didn't go as smoothly as I thought.A Critique on Oral history of War Commanders
“Answering Historical Questions and Ambiguities Instead of Individual-Organizational Identification”
“Oral history of Commanders” is reviewed with the assumption that in the field of war historiography, applying this method is narrated in an advancing “new” way, with the aim of war historiography, emphasizing role of commanders in creation of its situations and details.Three Achievements of Cultural History for War Researchers
Perhaps the claim that the most important influence of cultural history on war studies was the deconstruction of the concept of "history" and the concept of "war" is not an exaggerated one. Cultural history actually deconstructed the concept of war and the history of war. Cultural history tells us not to see the war exclusively in the contexts, manifestations of the people who were only on the battlefield, but also see the contexts adjacent to it.ORAL HISTORY WORKS AND UPCOMING PROBLEMS (1)
In order to understand more about the problems of producing books on the subject of oral history or memoirs, the oral history website has conducted short interviews with some experts and practitioners, which will be presented to the readers in short notes and in several parts. Haste: Haste is a big problem in research works, but it is more visible in oral history. This problem is more related to the clients.1
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Destiny Had It So
Memoirs of Seyyed Nouraddin AfiIt was early October 1982, just two or three days before the commencement of the operation. A few of the lads, including Karim and Mahmoud Sattari—the two brothers—as well as my own brother Seyyed Sadegh, came over and said, "Come on, let's head towards the water." It was the first days of autumn, and the air was beginning to cool, but I didn’t decline their invitation and set off with them.
The interviewer is the best compiler
According to Oral History Website, Dr. Morteza Rasoulipour in the framework of four online sessions described the topic “Compilation in Oral History” in the second half of the month of Mordad (August 2024). It has been organized by the Iranian History Association. In continuation, a selection of the teaching will be retold:The Last Day of Summer, 1980
We had livestock. We would move between summer and winter pastures. I was alone in managing everything: tending to the herd and overseeing my children’s education. I purchased a house in the city for the children and hired a shepherd to watch over the animals, bringing them near the Karkheh River. Alongside other herders, we pitched tents.Memoirs of Commander Mohammad Jafar Asadi about Ayatollah Madani
As I previously mentioned, alongside Mehdi, as a revolutionary young man, there was also a cleric in Nurabad, a Sayyid, whose identity we had to approach with caution, following the group’s security protocols, to ascertain who he truly was. We assigned Hajj Mousa Rezazadeh, a local shopkeeper in Nurabad, who had already cooperated with us, ...
