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Oral History Review 2008 35(1):22-28; doi:10.1093/ohr/ohm001
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Oral History Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, Please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Phenomenology and the Problems of Oral History

R. Kenneth Kirby

Correspondence: rkkirby{at}samford.edu


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Abstract: In this article, the author argues that many of the best practices of oral history reflect phenomenological thinking even though practitioners may not describe themselves as using phenomenological methods. The author suggests that knowledge and application of phenomenology can clarify or minimize such potential problems as interviewer bias and informant unreliability and can refute accusations that oral history is less reliable than history taken from documents.

Keywords: Cultural history, historical truth, Husserl, phenomenology, subjectivity


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