0 information about a historical event or period that is told to you by people who experienced it --
1 recorded information about the past that has been collected from the speech of people who were there, or a book based on such information --
It is a compilation of oral history rather than a biography.
Oral history practice has produced some useful pointers to how such training might be focused.
At the time of her oral history, she was a sculptor.
The scope and style of this book render it an invaluable resource for anyone with even a cursory interest in oral history.
The status of oral history as a shared process between researcher and informant is also considered.
The fixed perspective approach can be greatly enhanced by the inclusion of a narrative, poetic or oral history component.
Similarly, the researchers draw upon diverse biographical approaches, such as oral history and narrative analysis.
He breaks from the more romantic uses of oral history, but still stresses the need for empirical rigour.