“I never thought I could be seen as an oral historian” – Fritz Schütze about the autobiographical narrative interview and oral history in conversation with Jakub Gałęziowski by Jakub Gałęziowski

“…His approach was developed long before the “narrative turn” in the social sciences and is an inspiration for both biographical researchers and oral historians.The interview was recorded remotely on Zoom, 11 October 2021, then carefully reworked and supplemented by Fritz Schütze, including many additional footnotes.…”
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Whose Story is it Anyway? The Challenges of Conducting Institutional Histories by Sue Hawkins

“…This paper is based on my experiences as an oral historian on the 'Museum Lives' project, a joint undertaking between Kingston University and the Natural History Museum in London, which seeks to record the lives and careers of the Museum’s curators and scientists (retired and current). …”
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Portelli en de narratieve ruimte. Over oral history als dialoog by Susan Hogervorst, Nikki de la Rie

“…In his seminal work, Italian oral historian Alessandro Portelli has argued since the 1970s that the subjectivity of oral sources is not a weakness, but rather a strength. …”
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Stories Matter: Conceptual Challenges in the Development of Oral History Database Building Software by Erin Jessee, Stacey Zembrzycki, Steven High

“…Stories Matter is new oral history database building software designed by an interdisciplinary team of oral historians and a software engineer affiliated with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. …”
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Más allá de la entrevista. Consideraciones sobre el uso de fuentes orales en la investigación histórica by Laura Pasquali

“…With this perspective some problems are deployed around the experiences that the interview provides to oral historians, the relevance of the hermeneutic approach to assess the text that produces the interview, the pertinence of qualitative methodologies for addressing memoirs and the stories they originate.…”
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The Development of Oral History in the United States: the evolution toward interdisciplinary by David king Dunaway

“…The article ends with an update on how oral historians are coping with the new, anti-intellectual orientation of President Trump and his right-wing agenda.   …”
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La problématique des « tumulus pierriers » au Mali by Kléna Sanogo, Nafogo Coulibaly

“…However, research undertaken since 1979, by archaeologists, oral historians and socio-linguists have shown that these are in fact a diverse set of monuments with varied purposes. …”
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Meaning of life and death during COVID-19 pandemic: A cultural and religious narratives by Wonke Buqa

“…Because of the interviews with persons, oral historians conduct open-ended interviews, as a form of social inquiry. …”
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From generation to generation : family stories, computers and genealogy by Hadis, Martín, 1971-

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Reflective memories: The Indian diaspora who call South Africa home by Kogielam K. Archary

“…Contribution: The content of this article is not simply described but also briefly reflected upon and explored as certain issues may be of interest to new, emerging and established oral historians. Furthermore, audio and video recordings of the interviews, which clearly illustrate oral history as the methodology as applied in this research, are available for academic, education and research purposes.…”
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