Oral History Illustrated by the Case of Cyprus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicoletta (Niki) Christodoulou ◽  
Miranda Christou ◽  
Maria Hadjipavlou
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Curriculum Studies ◽  
Language Performance ◽  
History Curriculum ◽  
Refugee Trauma ◽  
Memory And Trauma ◽  
Curriculum Instruction ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Gender Lens

Oral history offers unique meaning for curriculum studies by presenting, analyzing, and interpreting experiences and memories of participants in an educational situation. The situation and context of Cyprus, an island with protracted conflicts and ethnical division, provides sites of illustration for oral history in curriculum studies. Couched in an historical background of oral history and definitions, as well as characteristics that distinguish it from other forms of narrative inquiry, the essence and application of oral history can be conveyed through the case of Cyprus. Oral history projects undertaken in Cyprus are conveyed, with prominent reference to the Cyprus Oral History Project (COHP), which has delineated the nuances of language, performance, and creation of pedagogical spaces. For example, COHP established a link among oral history, curriculum, instruction, and education, which has been used in Cyprus to understand memory as curriculum and to rethink issues of language and curricular questions in light of the knowledge drawn from oral histories. Further, oral history projects in Cyprus have delineated refugee trauma through the description of loss, painful memories, and silence; how narratives worked as significant evidence and material in conflict and reconciliation workshops; and the importance of the gender lens of oral history in Cyprus. The themes of cultivating historical consciousness, shaping responses to conflict, discomforting pedagogy, memory and trauma, and their role in the reunification process have been explored extensively through such projects; yet, more extensive work needs to be done. The number of oral history projects is still limited, yet there is still so much to be uncovered through people’s narrations. In the case of Cyprus, oral history is considered as a source of information about ordinary people’s lives but also for the role it can play in understanding how being dispossessed and returning to the homeland can reconstruct and reorganize education and culture. The uses of oral history to understand curriculum in Cyprus is offered as an example for modified use for exploring a broader sphere of curriculum studies in other settings.

Long-Lasting Legacy of Rent Controls: Perspectives on the Private Rental Market in Malta within the Context of a Dual Market

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Brian Micallef
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
The Other ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Alternative Source ◽  
Rental Market ◽  
Minimum Standards ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Source Of Information

Up to a few years ago, the private rental market in Malta was a classic example of the dysfunction created by two diametrically opposed regimes – a rigidly-controlled one and a completely liberal one – co-existing side by side. Two recent reforms have sought to address this situation. The objective of this paper is to describe the state-of-play in the private rental market in Malta by providing a historical background to these recent developments. In addition to the distortions in the housing market that rent controls introduce, controls also contributed to the deterioration of the statistical infrastructure to collect data on this sector. From this perspective, the introduction of the 2020 rent reform for the post-1995 sector, in addition to providing a set of minimum standards to professionalize the market, also facilitated data collection efforts through the introduction of a rent register. This information provided an alternative source of information to complement the other data sources, which tend to be outdated, inadequate, or focus solely on specific segments of the market, thus allowing for a more detailed and complete view of the private rental market in Malta.

scholarly journals A Festa de Nossa Senhora da Pena de Porto Seguro: inserções no tempo e no espaço

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 298-312
Author(s):  
Alexandre Siqueira de Freitas ◽  
Hatus Lima Brito
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Nous Allons ◽  
Mots Clés ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Sacred And Profane ◽  
The City

Resumo Este texto traz caracterizações e reflexões sobre a festa de Nossa Senhora da Pena, na cidade de Porto Seguro. Apresentamos os resultados de uma pesquisa baseada em entrevistas e na observação participativa, norteadas por referências bibliográficas gerais – que tratam dos conceito de “festa” e de questões históricas e geográficas – e específicas – que mencionam a festa em questão e a cidade. O texto traça um breve percurso histórico de nosso objeto, mencionando suas transformações, problematizando as dimensões sagradas e profanas e traçando paralelismos entre as ordens internas da festa e da cidade.           Palavras-chave: Festividade, Sagrado e Profano, Feira, História oral.   Abstract This text presents and reflects on the party phenomenon around “Nossa Senhora da Pena”, in Porto Seguro city. We present some results based mainly on interviews and participant observation, supported by general references – dealing with party phenomenon and historic and geographic questions – and specific – that cite the party in question and the city in which it takes place. This text brings a brief historical background, conceptual guidelines and we reflect about the transformation of this celebration, mentioning sacred and profane elements, and drawing parallels between its internal dynamics and social transformations of the city. Keywords: Festivity, Sacred and Profane, Free Fair, Oral History.   Résumé Nous allons présenter et réfléchir, dans ce texte, sur le phénomène “fête” à partir de caractérisations historiques autour de commémorations de “Nossa Senhora da Pena”, dans la ville de Porto Seguro, au Brésil. Nous présentons des résultats provenant surtout des entretiens et de l’observation participative, guidées par des références bibliographiques générales – concernant le concept de fête et des questions historiques et géographiques – et spécifiques – qui mentionnent la commémoration en question et la ville. Le texte fournit un panorama historique de cette fête, en présentant quelques axes conceptuels et en vérifiant ses transformations, cela sans oublier la problématique du sacré et du profane et les parallélismes entre les ordres internes de la fête et de la ville.              Mots-clés: Festivité, Sacré et Profane, Marché, Histoire Orale.

scholarly journals The Holocaust in Southern Ukraine: The Response of Survived Jews of Kalinindorf District after the German Occupation

2020 ◽  
pp. 153-180
Author(s):  
Yurii Kaparulin
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Party Leadership ◽  
German Occupation ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Post War ◽  
Southern Ukraine

The Holocaust in Southern Ukraine: The Response of Survived Jews of Kalinindorf District after the German OccupationBased on archival documents and published and unpublished materials of oral history, the paper offers an overview of the Holocaust in the Kalinindorf district (territories of modern-day Kherson and Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine) and the reaction of survived Jews after their return from evacuation and the front. Through particular cases, the paper shows the variants of behaviour and adaptation of Jews to post-war living conditions. The mid-1940s serves as the historical background; it was a period when antisemitic attitudes strengthened in society and in the party leadership. The article indicates how the Jews returned to the pre-war lifestyle in rural areas, but also their rejection of new conditions and changes in the place where they lived. It also investigates the formation of the Jewish community’s tradition of commemorative practices in places of mass executions of Jews.  Holokaust na Ukrainie Południowej. Reakcje ocalałych Żydów dystryktu Kalinindorf po niemieckiej okupacjiArtykuł bazuje na dokumentacji archiwalnej, opublikowanych i nieopublikowanych relacjiach historii mówionej, i stanowi zarys problemu Holokaustu w dystrykcie Kalinindorf (terytorium dzisiejszych obwodów chersońskiego i mikołajowskiego); ukazuje również reakcje ocalałych  Żydów po powrocie z frontu i ewakuacji. Na przykładzie poszczególnych przypadków artykuł prezentuje różne zachowania i typy adaptacji Żydów do życia w powojennych warunkach. Tło historyczne stanowi połowa lat 40. XX wieku, jako okres wzmocnienia nastrojów antysemickich w społeczeństwie i wśród przywódców partyjnych. Artykuł opisuje zarówno powrót Żydów do przedwojennego sposobu życia na terenach wiejskich, jak i ich niechęć do nowych warunków i nowego miejsca osiedlenia. Prezentuje również badania nad kształtowaniem się wśród społeczności żydowskich tradycji praktyk upamiętniających w miejscach masowej eksterminacji.

scholarly journals Novel Science or Oral History? The Admissibility of Co-Produced Information in Canadian Courts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Isaac
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Acceptance Criterion ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
Legal Literature ◽  
The World ◽  
Relevant Group ◽  
Science Framework ◽  
Source Of Information

Co-production is an emerging source of information about the world, but it is one that has not been adequately theorized in the legal literature. Because co-production contains aspects of both novel science and oral history, it is not clear how it can be admitted. I argue that coproduced information does not clearly fit into either of the admissibility frameworks. With respect to the novel science framework, co-produced information fits into the criteria of testability, peer review, and standards with only a few problems, but would likely fail the general acceptance criterion of the test. However, if scientists are educated about co-production, or if it is possible to delineate a group of scientists who are more likely to accept co-production as the “relevant group,” then it may be possible for co-production to be admitted as evidence through the novel science framework. Turning to the oral history framework, co-produced information is less likely to be admitted because oral history is only a part, and not a necessary part, of co-produced information. As such, courts will likely be reluctant to bend the rules of evidence to admit it. Further research is needed to determine whether co-produced information can be admitted under the novel science framework.

scholarly journals Designing a Quality Model for justifying the Authenticity of Qualitative Research: Validation and Verification of References

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2268-2280
Author(s):  
Basit Habib ◽  
Shahzad Mahmood ◽  
Sohail Khan Khakwani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Social Scientist ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Problem Statement ◽  
Validation And Verification ◽  
The Social ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Critical Overview

The Research in social science has a vital impact on the historical background of different event. These events are to be studied under the umbrella of qualitative research methodology. This methodology is based on the critical overview of any event or set of events related to a certain problem statement. To evaluate the authenticity of such research which is conducted on the bases of oral history, it is necessary to define a certain tool which is in hierarchy order and if qualitative research is to be conducted should be gone through using the certain tool. In this paper such a quality model is generated from various aspect of computational quality model which can be helpful for the social scientist to see the authenticity of the references and methodology used during the research of oral history.

scholarly journals Defining, Understanding and Promoting Cultural Diversity Through the Human Library Program

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Joseph Marmol Yap ◽  
Donna Lyn Gloriane Labangon ◽  
May Laureno Cajes
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Alternative Source ◽  
Lifelong Learners ◽  
Library Program ◽  
Source Of Information

The paper is intended to present the role of libraries in promoting dialogue to reduce discrimination; share how libraries document human library sessions as a form of oral history and provide information on the effect of human library sessions to readers. The paper documents the human library program as an alternative source of information which promotes cultural diversity to improve many facets of literacies, which include media and information literacy. Human library aims to lessen our prejudices and makes us more tolerant individuals. In order to achieve cultural equality and social inclusivity, De La Salle University (DLSU) Libraries continues to offer human library sessions to form critical thinkers, lifelong learners and catalysts for social transformation. Most readers thought that the most important learning experience they gained while reading the books was to accept and understand each one of us as unique individuals. The human library program encourages people to be more tolerant and embolden acceptance.

WATCHmaking: building a register of copyright holders

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
David C. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Historical Background ◽  
The World ◽  
Principal Source ◽  
Source Of Information

David Sutton was one of the founders of the WATCH project (Writers Artists & Their Copyright Holders) in 1994. In this article he outlines the historical background to why the project was needed, before telling the story of how WATCH developed. WATCH is now the principal source of information about copyright holders anywhere in the world, and it has expanded its remit to include artists as well as literary and other authors.

Drink Deep, or Taste Not: Thoughts on the Use of Early European Records in the Study of African Material Culture

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 349-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Jones
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Road ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The One ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Shed Light

In African studies the potential for collaboration between students of history and those of material culture or art has long been recognized. On the one hand, items of material culture, both ancient and modern, can shed light on aspects of the past which remain obscure in written and oral sources; on the other, in order to see a material culture (or parts of it) in perspective, we need to study the historical background of the area concerned. The contribution of material culture to historical knowledge of sub-Saharan Africa has received considerable attention; but the same can hardly be said of the use of historical sources in understanding material culture.This does not mean that such sources have been neglected. Most of them certainly were in the colonial and immediate post-colonial periods, but things have improved. In many recent books, articles, and exhibitions devoted to Africa's material culture, considerable use has been made of the writings and engravings of early European visitors. Scholars are delighted if they can discover old records of anything resembling the objects that are today found either in museums or still in use in Africa. Indeed, it has become almost obligatory to search old books for textual and visual material. No historian can object to this interest in early sources. Yet looking at what has been published recently, one wonders whether we have nearly reached the end of the road. The same classic travelers' accounts are cited again and again (even the same passages!), and it is beginning to look as if this source of information will soon run dry. What, if anything, remains to be done?

Magnetic-field strengths from optical polarization data

1967 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 381-383
Author(s):  
J. M. Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Optical Polarization ◽  
Polarization Data ◽  
Term Model ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Field Strengths

Van de Hulst (Paper 64, Table 1) has marked optical polarization as a questionable or marginal source of information concerning magnetic field strengths. Rather than arguing about this–I should rate this method asq+-, or quarrelling about the term ‘model-sensitive results’, I wish to stress the historical point that as recently as two years ago there were still some who questioned that optical polarization was definitely due to magnetically-oriented interstellar particles.

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