Challenges in Conducting Oral Histories with Immigrant Narrators

In addition to the problem of language, conducting oral histories with immigrant narrators often requires special considerations: past violence, cultural sensitivity, and lack of trust.

Yet, these narrators are often witnesses to, or participants in, important historical events, or can describe otherwise-undocumented social phenomena.

About the Book

The first book to focus specifically on oral history practices with immigrant narrators, it gives both the novice and experienced oral historian insights into their narrators’ needs; provides the tools to effectively plan and execute an oral history project in an immigrant community; includes case studies, additional resources, and templates of important oral history processes.