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Field-based Oral History

Field-based oral history is a qualitative research design in which in-depth narrative interviews are conducted on-site — at the community, location, or setting that is historically or experientially significant to participants. By situating interviews in the actual field rather than a laboratory or office, the approach activates contextual memory, enriches description, and grounds personal testimony in the material landscape it references. It is widely used in history, anthropology, sociology, and heritage studies.

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Field-based Oral History Research

Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / qualitative

Thompson, P. (2000). The Voice of the Past: Oral History (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. · ISBN 978-0192893888
Portelli, A. (1997). The Battle of Valle Giulia: Oral History and the Art of Dialogue. University of Wisconsin Press. · ISBN 978-0299154349

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