Oral sources. Queering the archive | Bart De Nil, 23 maart 2017

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Oral SourcesBart De Nil (FARO)

Queering the ArchiveBrussels | RoSa | March 23rd 2017

“If a memory wasn’t a thing but a memory of a memory of a memory, mirrors set in parallel […]” . Julien Barnes. England, England. 1998.

And then there’s the interviewer…

“Women’s history and oral history grew up together.” Joanna Bornat & Hanna

Diamond. Women’s History and Oral History: developments and debates. Women’s History Review, 2007/1.

“If we are make ‘memory itself the subject of study’, ourinterviews must be carefullycontextualised […]” Joan Sangster.

Telling our stories. Feminist debates and the useof oral history. OHR, 2003.

“Oral History can be a difficult archival resource in an online environment.”

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