Comparative case studies are an effective qualitative tool for researching the impact of
policy and practice in various fields of social research, including education. Developed in …

What is interviewing and when is this method useful? What does it mean to select rather
than sample interviewees? Once the researcher has found people to interview, how does …

Oral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the
recent past, and Oral History Theory provides a comprehensive, systematic and accessible …

All history depends ultimately upon its social purpose. This is why in the past it has been
handed down by oral tradition and written chronicle, and why today professional historians …

in greater los angeles, the Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s were heady days
filled with personal, communal, political, and social change. The transformations were …

Mediating Memory in the Museum is a contribution to an emerging field of research that is
situated at the interface between memory studies and museum studies. It highlights the role …

The Oral History Reader, now in its third edition, is a comprehensive, international anthology
combining major,'classic'articles with cutting-edge pieces on the theory, method and use of …

" For many indigenous peoples, oral history is a living intergenerational phenomenon that is
crucial to the transmission of our languages, cultural knowledge, politics, and identities …

Departing from a consideration of Jacob Dlamini's book, Native Nostalgia, this essay
critically reviews the conceptual terrain implied by “nostalgia,” re-situating it in relation to …

In Adiós Niño: The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death, Deborah T. Levenson
examines transformations in the Guatemalan gangs called Maras from their emergence in …