| Module Identifier | HY33320 | ||
| Module Title | THE PAST IN THE PRESENT. ORAL HISTORY: SKILLS AND METHODS | ||
| Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
| Co-ordinator | Professor Gareth Williams | ||
| Semester | Semester 2 | ||
| Other staff | Dr Richard Coopey | ||
| Mutually Exclusive | HY33220 Single or Joint Honours History students only, HY33620 , HY33720 , HY33820 , HY34320 | ||
| Course delivery | Lecture | 7 Hours | |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 16 Hours 8 workshops x 2 hours each | ||
| Assessment | Assignment | Taped interview | 40% |
| Project work | 1 x 5,000 word project | 60% | |
Brief description
The Oral History module is designed to introduce students to the range of oral sources available to the historian. It aims to develop awareness of oral traditions, to study the way historians in the past have used oral sources, and to discussthe development of oral history as a self-conscious method of historical investigation in the twentieth century. Students will learn how to evaluate oral sources and will take part in a small oral history project as part of the module.
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
D Bertauz & P Thompson.
Between Generations, Family Models, Myths and Memories.
L Macdonald.
The Roses of No Man's Land.