Comparer des méthodes

	Histoire orale sur le terrain	Recherche sur l'histoire de vie
Domaine	Qualitatif	Qualitatif
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1960s–1970s (modern oral history movement)	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
Auteur d'origine	Paul Thompson; Alessandro Portelli (theoretical elaboration)	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
Type	Qualitative fieldwork design	Qualitative research method
Source fondatrice	Thompson, P. (2000). The Voice of the Past: Oral History (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0192893888	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
Alias	oral history fieldwork, in-situ oral history, community oral history, field oral history	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
Apparentées	5	6
Résumé	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.	Life history research is a qualitative method that captures the full arc of an individual's life — or a significant portion of it — through extended biographical interviewing and analysis of personal documents. Rooted in early Chicago School sociology, the method treats each life story as a window into broader social, cultural, and historical forces. The researcher and participant co-construct a narrative account that illuminates how personal experience is shaped by, and in turn shapes, wider social structures and processes.