The Learning Journey

The Learning Journey
Introduction
Behind the Scenes
Facilitator Notes
Setting the Stage
Doing Oral History
Conducting the Interview
History and Historical Thinking
What is Oral History?
Significance of Oral History
Facts Vs. Perspectives
Multiperspectivity
Conflict Like Fire
Oral Sources Vs. Written Sources

The Case of Lebanon

The Contested History of the Civil War in Lebanon
Impact on Everyday Life
Chronology
Historiography
Building Blocks of a Research Project
Formulating a Research Question
Creating a Narrator Pool
Analysis of (Oral) Historical Sources
Dissemination: Into and Out of the Archive
Oral History in Conflict
Narrator Selection
Taking Care of the Narrator & Yourself
Pre-Interview Meeting
Interview Questions
Applying Best Practices
Practice Interview
Preparing for the Interview
Setting the Stage

for Oral History, what it is and how it might be a way to navigate contested history
Doing Oral History

as a methodological research-based practice and process
Conducting the Interview

through the collaborative relationship between narrator and interviewer