Ahmed, S;
(2018)
“Seeking Information from the Lips of People”: oral history in the archives of Qatar and the Gulf region.
Archival Science
, 18
(3)
pp. 225-240.
10.1007/s10502-018-9293-8.
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Abstract
The turn to oral history in Qatar and the Arabian (also known as Persian) Gulf is not a rejection of traditional archival authority as has been the case in other parts of the world. In the Gulf, oral history has been embraced out of a desire to fill the silences of the largely unwritten record attributable to previous low levels of literacy and strong oral traditions in the region. Today, oral history is seen as the best method to capture details about traditional ways of life during the pre-oil era. After discussing archival concerns about the evidentiary nature of oral histories, this paper explores how it has come to be a crucial documentation tool in the Gulf, adapted to the specific nation building and cultural heritage priorities of the region.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | “Seeking Information from the Lips of People”: oral history in the archives of Qatar and the Gulf region |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10502-018-9293-8 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-018-9293-8 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2018. Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| Keywords: | Oral history, Arabian (Persian) Gulf, Qatar Archives, Heritage |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: International UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: International > UCL - Qatar |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053127 |
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