They also consider how to best present and preserve this invaluable archive of Canadian memories. Their detailed and compelling case studies draw readers into the thrills and predicaments of recording people's most intimate experiences, and refashioning them in transcripts and academic analyses. The authors ask how people's memories and stories can be used as historical evidence – and whether it is ethical to use them at all.
In plain language, they explain how to conduct research with indigenous communities, navigate difficult relationships with informants, and negotiate issues of copyright, slander, and libel. Essays survey and explore fundamental and often thorny aspects in oral history methodology, interpretation, preservation and presentation, and advocacy. For this first primer on the practices within the discipline, the editors of The Canadian Oral History Reader have gathered some of the best contributions from a diverse field. Despite a long and rich tradition of oral history research, few are aware of the innovative and groundbreaking work of oral historians in Canada.
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