Abstract
The chapter analyses the challenges and dilemmas of oral history as a method for capturing health crises using the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the ongoing Covid-19 crisis as contrasting examples. It argues that Covid-19 is extending conceptual frameworks of oral history and suggests that more explicit consideration of the interconnections between the processes and outcomes of oral history in crises would reveal much about the making of memory and the intersections between individual and social memory. Finally, it reflects on the particular ethical considerations at play and the unanticipated social and therapeutic benefits for all concerned when research is undertaken in the midst of crisis.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Researching in the Age of COVID-19: Volume 2: Care and Resilience |
| Editors | Helen Kara, Su-Ming Khoo |
| Place of Publication | Bristol |
| Publisher | Policy Press |
| Chapter | 2 |
| Pages | 33-41 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1447360407 |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- Research Methodologies
- Oral History
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