Key Texts in Oral History and Contemporary History - YMO326

• Title: Key Texts in Oral History and Contemporary History
• Guaranteed by: Programme Oral History and Contemporary History (24-KOHSD)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 3
• Hours per week, examination: 0/1, MC [HS]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (15); summer:unknown / unknown (15)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: combined
• Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: Mgr. Jiří Hlaváček, Ph.D.; Mgr. Jana Wohlmuth Markupová, Ph.D.; Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Wohlmuth, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Jiří Hlaváček, Ph.D.; PhDr. Přemysl Houda, Ph.D.; PhDr. Mgr. Lenka Krátká, Ph.D.; doc. PhDr. Pavel Mücke, Ph.D.; prof. PaedDr. Miroslav Vaněk, Ph.D.; Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Wohlmuth, Ph.D.; Mgr. Jana Wohlmuth Markupová, Ph.D.
• Incompatibility : YMO242

Annotation

English

Last update: Mgr. Jana Wohlmuth Markupová, Ph.D. (26.08.2020)

The course aims to deepen students' knowledge and understanding of key texts of the oral-historical "canon". The student chooses one from the list of texts, which he/she processes according to the instructions of the designated examiner, and then defends his/her work at the oral colloquium.

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jana Wohlmuth Markupová, Ph.D. (14.02.2019)

Předmět si klade za cíl prohloubit u studentů znalost a pochopení jednotlivých klíčových textů orálněhistorického „kánonu“. Student si ze seznamu textů vybere jeden, který zpracuje dle pokynů určeného zkoušejícího, a následně svou práci obhájí na ústním kolokviu.

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Jana Wohlmuth Markupová, Ph.D. (30.09.2022)

Selected titles

Frisch, M. A Shared Authority: Essays on the Craft and Meaning of Oral and Public History. New York 1990. ISBN 9780791401330. Examiner: Přemysl Houda

Grele, R. Envelopes of Sound: The Art of Oral History. Chicago 1975. ISBN 9780275941840. Examiner: Pavel Mücke

Passerini, L. Fascism in Popular Memory: The Cultural Experience of the Turin Working Class. Cambridge 1987. ISBN 9780521108782. Examiner: Pavel Mücke

Perks, R. a Thomson, A. (ed.) The Oral History Reader (2nd edition). London - New York 2006. ISBN 9780415343039. Examiner: Jiří Hlaváček

Portelli, A. The Death of Luigi Trastelli, and Other Stories. New York 1991. ISBN 9780791404300. Examiner: Petr Wohlmuth

Ritchie, D. Doing Oral History (2nd edition). New York 2003. ISBN 9780199329335. Examiner: Miroslav Vaněk

Thompson, P. The Voice of the Past: Oral History (3rd edition). New York 2000. ISBN 9780199335466. Examiner: Jana Wohlmuth Markupová

Thomson, A. Anzac Memories: Living with the Legend (2nd edition). Clayton VIC Australia: Monash University Publishing. ISBN 1921867582. Examiner: Petr Wohlmuth

Vaněk, M. a Mücke, P. Velvet Revolutions. An Oral History of Czech Society. Oxford 2016. ISBN 9780199342723. Examiner: Jana Wohlmuth Markupová

Vaněk, M. Around the Globe. Rethinking Oral History with Its Protagonists. Praha 2013. ISBN 9788024622262. Examiner: Jiří Hlaváček

Yow, V. R. Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2nd edition). Walnut Creek 2005. ISBN 9780759106550. Examiner: Lenka Krátká

 

Please send the book report by e-mail to the designated examiner at least three weeks before the end of the exam period in which you want to complete this course.

 

Learning resources

Last update: Mgr. Jana Wohlmuth Markupová, Ph.D. (30.09.2022)

You can find most books on-line on Moodle. Please see here.