New Perspectives in/on Oral History and Memory

Oral history refers to a research field that focuses on memory as a subjective, communicative, and social faculty with a radical emancipatory potential. Moreover, oral history refers to practices of generating historical information by means of interviewing, and to interpretations of history based on this information. As a field, oral history research has already reached the status of an established multidisciplinary enterprise. Considering the radical and critical roots of oral history, however, critical interrogations of its premises – such as its strong emphasis on verbal and textual dimensions of memory and its position vis-à-vis various other related disciplines (e.g. memory studies, queer history) – remain scarce. This seminar organized by Selma and the Academy of Finland post-doctoral project Memory Unchained (SA 308661) will focus on new perspectives in and on oral history and memory from various methodological and disciplinary perspectives.

Registration required: https://konsta.utu.fi/fi-fi/Calendar/UTU-Tapahtumakalenteri/UTU-Tapahtumakalenteri-Sis%C3%A4sivu/id/8333?fbclid=IwAR38DySL5wbfjW75LQuFIomsBgYYkZUmluxmHiUH-dCYOK_edhXIi9iHxlM