Welcome
to the official website of the Oral History Association of
Australia.
OHAA Journal
 Call for Contributions, OHAA Journal No. 31, 2009
Information for Contributors, OHAA Journal No. 31, 2009
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Guidelines (OHAA), click here
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What
is the OHAA? |
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The OHAA was formed in 1978.
There are branches in each state.
The objectives of the Oral History
Association of Australia are:
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to promote the practice and methods of oral history
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educate in the use of oral history methods
- to
encourage discussions on all aspects of oral history
- to
foster the preservation of oral history records
State and National conferences
are held which include discussions about oral history
projects and issues such as ethics and copyright. National
conferences have included international speakers.
Most state branches hold regular
meeting for similar purposes
Branches encourage members to
lodge their work with libraries and archives for preservation
and the benefit of other researchers.
Some branches provide recording
and transcribing equipment either free or at very low
rates to members, or can recommend institutions which
do.
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What
is oral history? |
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- Oral
History is the recording of memories of people's unique
life experiences. Often the only way to find out about
the past is to ask someone who knows about it.
- Oral
history creates a record or supplements existing ones.
Through oral history the past comes alive. People
can be much more interesting than documents.
- Oral
history preserves the past for now and for the future.
The recording of oral history is a two-way process
in which someone shares memories with an interviewer
who has carefully planned an interview.
- Oral
history preserves voices, accents and vocabularies
of individuals interviewed.
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How
may oral history be used? |
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- for
the life histories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people and other groups who may be poorly
represented in written sources
- to
trace the history of a local community
- for
family history
- to
encourage children to treat people as living history
books, at the same time increasing understanding between
generations
- for
research purposes in tertiary education studies
- in
corporate and institutional histories
- in
museums to enliven displays
- in
publications to capture reader's imaginations
- in
radio, television and plays to promote authentic voices
of the past
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