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Definition of oral histories |
oral histories can be defined as preservation, interpretation and recording of historical information based on personal experience and opinion |
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Oral Histories information |
no more or less reliable than written histories unstable can be viewed as personal and subective no more biased than written histories can ask specific questions can get more information than from written (feelings, aspirations, family histories) aboriginal societies based around oral historiesstory passed on from generation to generations keeps social order intactcompensates for digital/technological improvementsgives voices to to groups who are marginalised in conventional histories can convey feelings and emotions with an immediacy and an impact that the written word cannot matchpreserves a record of local dialects and accentsdeals with lack of authenticitylearn about perspectives that might not appear in written histories actors tell stories in own wordsrelies on memories of individuals (must be selected carefully and facts checked)brings readings and writings to lifeilluminates what is realpossibility of intended manipulation and unconscious corruption stable, accurate, completenessobjectivewestern societies view oral societies as peoples without historyuntil recently was main form of documentationuses variety of sourcesusually in third persontakes analytical scholarly approach |
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Written histories information |
sources cited establishes authority and credibility no more reliable than oral authors can style writing to get their point across statis record of a authority's singular recounting of a series of events neglect personal and private experiences hard to answer specific questionsgive flat outline of historic eventspeople can fall through the cracks |
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CRUICKSHANK |
both oral and written histories must be looked at in order to understand the cultural, political and historical matrices they came from |
