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Investigating oral history

Biernaczky, Szilárd (2016) Investigating oral history. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 61 (2). pp. 485-498. ISSN 1216-9803

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Abstract

This interview with Professor Jan Vansina, conducted in the mid-1980s by Szilárd Biernaczky, is the result of extensive correspondence between the two. After a brief introduction to the achievements of the distinguished and pioneering scholar of African history, the interview addresses the following issues: 1. the current status of oral history research; 2. new theories in the field of oral history research; 3. ethno-history versus oral history; 4. ethnography, ethnology, European peasantry, and oral history; 5. the mythical dimension of the “beginning” and its inherent historical models (“outbound” segments, migration, new conquest, first ancestors, etc.); 6. oral history as a source of nationalist movements in Africa; 7. the appreciation of oral history (and its research) and African cultural movements.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GR Folklore / etnológia, folklór, kulturális antropológia
Depositing User: László Sallai-Tóth
Date Deposited: 17 Mar 2017 08:44
Last Modified: 31 Dec 2018 00:16
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/50123

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