HKSYU Course Resources

"Oral History is a very powerful historical tool. It allows insights into the lives and attitudes of ordinary and not so ordinary people that no amount of dry documentary evidence could give. Through recorded, guided interview it is possible to build a base of primary history quite invaluable for the proper understanding of social and local history." "Ken Howarth, one of the leading exponents of the technique, has written a wide-ranging practical introduction for amateurs and professionals which fully explains oral history recording and all its uses. The strength of this book is its breadth, and it is the first to address the relevance of oral history for so many different groups, from teachers, archive, library and museum workers to town planners, health and social care professionals, park rangers and tour operators. There are detailed practical sections on planning and conducting interviews, storage, cataloguing and retrieval, and the applications of oral history, as well as several case studies."--BOOK JACKET.