Dole i niedole czeskiej oral history (1990–2012)

• Authors: Pavel Mücke

Title variants

Dole i niedole czeskiej oral history (1990–2012)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article is a review of the most significant projects carried out using the oral history  method by the Institute of Contemporary History at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ÚSD AV ČR) between 1996–2012. It is presented from the perspective of Czech historiography with regard to thematic and historical trends. The author also presents the methodological aspects of those projects along with the reactions provoked by such initiatives by both experts and society. The author states that contemporary oral history  is a well-known concept within Czech culture, drawing on the universal „expansion of remembrance” and a growing interest in the retention of peoples’ accounts, though the term was hardly known in the Czech Republic twenty years ago. Today, the Czech Republic has a broad spectrum of both completed and on-going oral history  projects, as well as better institutional, methodological and technical bases, which, together with internationally recognised spokespersons, makes them one of the world leaders in this research category. The author presents Czech oral history  in a basic (chronological, thematic and institutional) framework and compares it not only with its immediate neighbours but also with more distant countries. This not only helps distinguish common features within the oral history  world but also defines those characteristics unique to the Czech model.

Keywords

PL

oral history; projekty badawcze; historiografia; wspomnienie; pamięć; czeska oral history; metodologia; oral history; projekty badawcze; historiografia; wspomnienie; pamięć; czeska oral history; metodologia

EN

oral history; research projects; historiography; remembrance; memory; czech oral history; methodology

• Publisher: Ośrodek „Pamięć i Przyszłość”
• Journal: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 131-160

Dates

published

2013-10-30

Contributors

author

Pavel Mücke

• Instytut Historii Współczesnej, Akademia Nauk Republiki Czeskiej, Czechy

Identifiers

DOI

10.26774/wrhm.46