Approaches to doing oral history is a thread that runs through the Collective’s research. The film elicitation methodology developed in Save Our Shipyards, pairing of oral testimony and photographic archive in the Houston Pittsburgh exhibition, multi-session and life history approaches in previous and current projects on veterinary staff and care, and the teaching guide produced for Iraqi higher education all represent methodological contributions that take the discipline forward. The Collective focuses on four key areas in oral history methodology: 

• Innovative practices from project design to public history 

• Partnerships and co-production / co-design 

• Reflexivity and ethics 

• History of the field 

Various members of the Collective, from PhD students to Professors, are currently working on projects which break new ground in oral history methodology. Postgraduate Researcher Ally Keane has developed a novel methodology for interviewing AAC users; Dr Hannah James Louwerse and Professor Graham Smith have recently published an analysis of the use of AI in teaching oral history.

Relevant Projects

Current:

Introducing Oral History into Iraqi Higher Education Research & Training

AHRC-Funded PhD: A History of Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)

Past:

AHRC-Funded PhD: Oral History Design & Maintenance