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HIST2010 Oral History: Methods and Practices

Semester 2 (2024-2025)

Lecture TimeTuesday, 14:30 - 16:15

VenueRoom 306, Lee Shau Kee Building (LSK 306)

LanguageCantonese

Lecturer CHEN Wenyan (39437120 / emilychen@cuhk.edu.hk)

Teaching Assistant PEI Xiaoshan (1155204031@link.cuhk.edu.hk)

Course Description

本課程旨在探討口述史的理解和運用。課程將以口述歷史的發展和理論為基礎,討論口述資料與史料之間的關係、歷史記憶的構建等史學方法論。以口述歷史的實踐為中心,從背景資料的搜索、採訪對象的選擇,到採訪和提問的技巧,全面討論口述歷史的收集、保存和書寫。並進一步嘗試分析和運用口述歷史書寫群體記憶和歷史。

Syllabus

1-7

  • 導論:何為口述史?
  1. 口述傳統與歷史記錄
  2. 現代口述史的興起和發展
  3. 口述史的價值和利用:為誰而用?

1-14

  • 口述歷史與記憶
  1. 作為記憶的方式——主觀性
  2. 作為史料的方式——記錄與解讀
  3. 《羅生門》:記憶和表述的多面性

1-21

第三節 口述史與集體記憶建構

  1. 口述史的流行趨勢
  2. 口述史和社群認同
  3. 誰的歷史:不同群體的參與

1-28 春節假期

2-4

第四節 訪談的籌備

  1. 設定目標和主題
  2. 尋找合適的受訪者
  3. 器材和場地的準備

2-11

第五節 訪談者的技藝和角色

  1. 如何提問
  2. 問題設計和訪談技巧
  3. 充分了解訪談內容和對象

2-18

第六節 口述訪談的進行

  1. 訪談時間和地點
  2. 面對不同的受訪者
  3. 訪談注意事項

2-25

第七節 訪談的儲存和整理

  1. 錄音和影像的處理和儲存
  2. 文本整理
  3. 口述歷史的出版

3-4 閱讀週

3-11

第八節 口述訪談:史料的製作

  1. 做口述訪談時,其實是在討論什麼?
  2. 如何理解訪問對象的記憶建構
  3. 史料還是研究?

3-18

第九節 口述歷史的解讀和學術利用

  1. 口述史與個人研究
  2. 口述材料的解讀和分析
  3. 口述和文獻材料的結合

3-25

第十節 口述歷史的功用和展示

  1. 公共推廣和媒體素材
  2. 影視、藝術和文化內容
  3. 口述歷史和教育
  4. 口述歷史網站

4-1

第十二節 口述史與群體研究

小組討論

4-8

第十二節 口述史與香港研究

  1. 不同群體的香港記憶
  2. 群體記憶與香港歷史的書寫

4-15

第十三節 總結:口述史和公眾史

  1. 誰的歷史?
  2. 公眾的參與
  3. 講述和書寫公眾的歷史
Assessment & Assignments
  1. 課堂參與及討論:10%
  2. 第一次導修——獨立訪問大綱:20%
  3. 獨立口述訪問:40%(錄音20%+文字報告20%)
  4. 第二次導修——按照訪問內容,將主題相似的同學分為一組共同討論:10%
  5. 期末報告——按照第二次導修討論內容,同組同學形成某一主題的口述史書寫:20%
References

Abrams, Lynn. Oral History Theory. London: Routledge, 2010.

Ashplant, T.G. and Graham & Roper M., eds. The Politics of War Memory and Commemoration. Florence, KY: Routledge, 2000.

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MacKay, Nancy, Mary Kay Quinlan and Barbara W. Sommer. After the interview
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McKay, Nancy. Curating Oral Histories: From Interview to Archive. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2006.

Patricia Leavy. Oral history. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press 2011.

Perks Robert and Alistair Thomson, Eds. The Oral History Reader. 2nd Ed. New York: Routledge, 2006.

Pollock, Della. Remembering Oral History Performance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2005.

Portelli Alessandro. The Battle of Valle Giulia: Oral History and the Art of Dialogue. Madison & London: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.

Ritchie Donald. Doing Oral History, 3rd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.

Ritchie Donald ed. The Oxford handbook of oral history. New York : Oxford University Press 2011.

Rosenzweig, Roy, Susan Porter Benson, and Stephen Brier, Eds. Presenting the Past: Essays on History and the Public. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986.

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Shopes, Linda and Paula Hamilton. Oral History and Public Memories. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008.

Sommer Barbara W. and Mary Kay Quinlan. The Oral History Manual, 2nd Ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, AltaMira, 2009.

Thompson, Paul. The Voice of The Past: Oral History, 3rd ed Oxford England; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Yow, Valerie Raleigh. Recording Oral History: A Guide for Humanities and Social Sciences. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2005.

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定宜莊、汪潤主編:《口述史讀本 = Readings in history: oral history》,北京:北京大學出版社,2011年。

唐諾‧里齊(Donald Ritchie)著,王芝芝譯,《大家來做口述歷史》,台北:遠流出版社,1997。

許雪姬主編、詹素娟執行編輯,《台灣口述歷史書目彙編》,台北:中央研究院台灣史研究所,2009。

約翰‧杜蘭著(John Toland)著,許綬南譯,《活在歷史裡—─一位當代歷史家的回顧》,台北,麥田出版社,1998。

李丹柯著譯,《女性,戰爭與回憶:三十五名重慶婦女的抗戰講述》,香港:中文大學出版社,2013。

李向平、魏揚波著,《口述史研究方法》,上海:上海人民出版社,2010年4月。

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楊祥銀,《與歷史對話:口述史學的理論與實踐》,北京:中國社會科學出版社,2004年。

游鑑明,《傾聽她們的聲音:女性口述歷史的方法與口述歷史的運用》,台北:左岸文化,2002年。

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Journals:

Oral History Journal. Oral History Society.

The Oral History Review. University of California Press.

Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative, Vol.1-12.

 

Website:

https://www.ohs.org.uk

https://www.oralhistory.org

https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/ccoh.html

https://networks.h-net.org/

Home

https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/oral_history_interviews/

https://www.hkmemory.hk/

Hong Kong Oral History Archives, HKU Libraries: https://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkoh/

The Last Generation of the Majie (Cantonese Amahs) in Hong Kong: An Oral History Archive: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/collection/majie

https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/en_US/web/hkfa/rp-oral-history-series.html

https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/tc/thematic/ohi/index.html

https://www.cache.org.hk/

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