Lesson plan / ORAL HISTORY AND RESEARCH METHODS

Lesson Information

Course Credit 2.0
Course ECTS Credit 4.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Programme Elective
Mode of Delivery Blended (face-to-face & Distance Learning)
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? S
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) ELVİN YILDIRIM
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant Araş. Gör. Cem DÜZEN

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course To understand the place and importance of oral historiography in historiography.
Course Content Oral Historiography, oral history research methods, oral history studies in Turkey

Weekly Course Subjects

1General information about Oral History, What is Oral History? What are the aims of Oral History?
2Oral History research methods, the emergence of Oral History, working area, scope, method.
3As a source of oral history (memory), the aspects discussed and gained.
4Beginning of oral history studies, recent resumption abroad.
5Oral History and development of the Oral History in Turkey.
6Quiz, Sources and limitations of Oral History.
7Oral history studies and preparations for the study.
8Evaluation of the project preparation phase
9Exam
10How should Oral History be done?
11Oral History in history learning.
12Findings and interpretations in Oral History.
13Project presentation
14Final Exam

Resources

1- Alan M.Meckler,Oral History Collections,NewYork: Bowker,1975.

Barbara W.Sommer,Mary Kay Quinlan,The Oral History Manual,Walnut Creek,CA: AltaMira Press,2002.

2-David K.Dunaway,Willa K.Baum (ed.),Oral History: An Interdisciplinary Anthology, Walnut Creek:AltaMira Press,1996.

3-Mary Chamberlain, Paul Thompson (ed.), Narrative and Genre, Londra; New York: Routledge,1998.

4-Paul Thompson, Geçmiflin Sesi: Sözlü Tarih, çev. fiehnaz Layıkel, İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yay›nları,1999.

5-Robert Perks,Alistair Thomson,The Oral History Reader,Londra;New York:Routledge,1998.

6-Stephen Caunce, Sözlü Tarih ve Yerel Tarihçi, çev. Bilmez Bülent Can, Alper Yalç›nkaya,‹stanbul: Tarih Vakf› Yurt Yay›nlar›,2001.