Oral History

Music as a Gateway to Understanding Historical Practice

January 16, 2012

Popular culture serves as an easy way to capitalize on students’ everyday experience. Music can teach about the past in at least seven overlapping ways.

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A Journey Through Inuit Oral Traditions: Website Review of Listening to Our Past

June 9, 2011

Listening to Our Past explores the rich cultural heritage of the people of Nunavut.  The website was created by Nunavut Arctic College and l’Association des francophones du Nunavut.  The site aims to present history recorded though oral traditions and oral histories told by Nunavut elders.  The site is tri-lingual and material is available in English, [...]

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New Paper: Matthew Hayday on “The History of the Recent”

April 12, 2011

Professor Matthew Hayday of the University of Guelph has written an evocative piece on some of the joys and potential pitfalls of engaging living activists in historical research. His piece, “The History of the Recent: Reflections on Social Movement History, Research Methods and the Rapid Passage of Time,” is a useful read for anybody interested in the connections between oral history, professional historians, social movements, and activists.

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New paper: What Can “Oral History” Teach Us?

March 8, 2011

What if the study of the Canadian past was understood as an interdisciplinary field? Steven High’s new paper offers oral history as an example of an interdisciplinary craft that has made such a transition.  High, Canada Research Chair in Public History and Associate Professor of History at Concordia University, examines this and other issues surrounding [...]

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An Invitation to a Free Oral History Workshop in Montreal

January 19, 2011

An invitation to a free oral history workshop sponsored by the Montreal Life Stories Project and Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling.

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Strengthening Community through Digitized Local History

December 13, 2010

The Black Creek Living History project is a great example of how community history can be told over the internet.

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This is Not About Cinnamon Toast

November 23, 2010

A discussion of the importance and possibilities of storytelling, oral history and personal memories.

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Storytelling Matters: Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University

February 4, 2010

This is a blog post looking at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University, introducing readers to the resources available there.

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