Module ARA3047 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA3047: Oral History: Principles and Practice
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- What makes Oral History Different?
- Voices from the Past: the Potential and Uses of Oral History
- Oral History and Poisonous Knowledge: Trauma and Testimony
- Perspectives from Practitioners: Q and A with oral historian
- Memory and Oral History
- Ethics and Risks workshop
- Technical Skills workshop
- Partners in Knowledge Production: Interview Skills workshop
- Preparing for the Archive: Transcription and Editing workshop
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled learning and teaching activities | 22 | 11 x 2 hour classes. You will need to complete all readings prior to class and be ready to participate |
| Guided independent study | 55 | 5 hours per week for allocated readings and general seminar/workshop preparation |
| Guided independent study | 10 | First formative assessment (interviewing each other and group presentation) |
| Guided independent study | 5 | Second formative assessment (generating questions, clearing them with the teacher) |
| Guided independent study | 12 | Risk and ethics assessment |
| Guided independent study | 46 | Completing major assignment (interview, preparation of materials, presentation) |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Some relevant online Oral History projects and initiatives:
Middle East:
Al-Nakba’s Oral History Project
https://www.palestineremembered.com/OralHistory/
Arab Immigration Oral History Digital Collection
Arabic Communities: People Portraits by Duke Students
https://sites.duke.edu/arabiccommunities/
The Iranian Oral History Project
https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/projects/iohp
Young People From Diyarbakir and Mugla Speak Out (Gencler Anlatiyor)
http://www.gencleranlatiyor.org/static/english/main/v8.html
Local to Devon:
Telling our Stories, Finding our Roots: Exeter’s Multicultural History
http://www.tellingourstoriesexeter.org.uk/
Cornish Story
General
The Oral History Society
Oral History Collections of the British Library
https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history
Oral History Collections at the Library of Congress
