After reading both pieces, I believe I got a good aspect of what oral history is. To me oral history is taking an interview about an event to another level. Interviewing a person is easy, but making it a part of oral history is a little more difficult. Oral history allows you to capture a person's emotions. You can do this by video taping them, taking pictures, or using other visuals. Words are good when discribing a person's features, but actually seeing them talk about something you can see their emotional attachment to it. History should be recorded orally all the time for accuracy and emotional appeal.
Kim
3/22/2011 02:30:56 am
I really love that you connected oral history with emotions. I never realized that oral history is a way to get emotions shown through a story. The emotions shown definitely add something more to the story being told.
Brittany Barger
3/22/2011 02:32:47 am
"Interviewing a person is easy, but making it a part of oral history is a little more difficult." For some reason, this quote really stuck out to me. Until people are able to realize the differences between interviewing a person and oral history, it may seem the same.
Aubrie
3/22/2011 02:36:26 am
Good point about emotions not always showing through with writing. If you videotape and interview you will always be able to go back and observe the emotions.