Course: Practical oral history 1

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Course title Practical oral history 1
Course code KHI/POHP1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fritzová Marie, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Morávková Naděžda, Doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1st Welcome to the course. What is oral history? The oldest and youngest research method. History of oral history. Oral history in the world. The main currents applied oral history, the world's leading experts of oral history and literature. IOHA. Entering the study of literature. Entering the project task. 2nd Instead of oral history in Czech historiography. Oral History Center, ICH ASCR, Center research projects, cooperation with foreign partners. Center for Oral History Sohi KHI FPE UWB in Pilsen, the cooperation of students in research projects. 3rd The method of qualitative research. Theoretical preparation of the interview: problems of selecting respondents, legislative, technical and psychological aspects. Vs. subjectivity. objectivity in historical knowledge, possibilities and limits. 4th Biographical method and its application in historiography, micro and makrohistorie, application of oral history. 5th Experts debate the given literature. 6th Interview - Practical training: taking samples and analyzing the interviews, demonstrations transkribce, examples of interpretation, the most common errors when preparing and conducting the interview and how to avoid them. 7th Practical exercises - preparation and conducting interviews. 8th Practical exercises - Analysis and interpretation of the interview. Archiving and processing of data. 9th Using the knowledge gained by oral history research in modern history, combined with classical and other historical sources, books of facts obtained correction. 10th Ethics oral historical research, pitfalls and limits of oral historical research. Possibilities of practical application of research results. 11th Student Colloquium presentation of the project task, part 1 12th Student Colloquium presentation of the project task, part 2 13th The final debate with an individual teacher and the granting of credit.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture with a video analysis, Project-based instruction, Discussion, Students' portfolio, Lecture, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 24 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 26 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 24 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
The course is intended both for students of history and humanities students, and provides orientation in the history of the graduation requirements within the scope of history. Working with audio-visual equipment and basic user skills in IT, as well as basal secondary knowledge of psychology and sociology are an advantage but not essential.
learning outcomes
Students will acquire orientation in the current modern methods of historical science, acquire skills to prepare and conduct interviews with expert witnesses, witness extraction can be treated from a legal perspective, acquire technical skills and overhead associated with the process of extraction of the witness, transkribuje correctly interprets the data obtained and stored according to their own and choosing to focus on one application of the guidelines offered by oral history: the popularization of history didactics, therapy and geriatrics, ethnography.
teaching methods
Lecture
Lecture with visual aids
Lecture with a video analysis
Practicum
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Discussion
assessment methods
Project
Recommended literature
  • FOLEY, John Miles (ed.). Teaching Oral Traditions. New York, 1988.
  • HENIGE, David. Oral Historiography. New York, 1982.
  • LE GOFF, Jacques. Paměť a dějiny. Praha, 2007.
  • RITCHIE, A. Donald. Doing Oral History. New York, 1995.
  • SHUMWAY, Gary L. (ed.). Oral History in the United States: A Directory. New York, 1971.
  • THOMPSON, Paul. The Voice of the Past: Oral History. New York, 1978.
  • VANĚK, Miroslav - MÜCKE, Pavel - PELIKÁNOVÁ, Hana. Naslouchat hlasům paměti. Praha, 2007.
  • VANÉK, Miroslav. O orální historii s jejími zakladateli a protagonisty. Praha, 2008.
  • VANĚK, Miroslav. Orální historie ve výzkumu soudobých dějin. Praha, 2004.
  • VANSINA, Jan. Oral Tradition: A Study in Historical Metodology. Middlesex, 1965.
  • VANSINA, Jan. Oral Tradition as History. London, 1965.
  • YOW, V. R. Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Walnut Creek, 2005.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History in Education (17) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): BS Teacher Training in History (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): - (15) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): BS Teacher Training in History (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): BS Teacher Training in History (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter