Oral Histories
In this session we will reckon with the value and challenges of using oral history as a source in humanities and social science research on reproduction.
To prepare us for this task, we ask participants to read and reflect on the following four articles:
1) Kristin Hay, "More than a defence against bills’: feminism and national identity in the Scottish abortion campaign, c. 1975–1990." Women's History Review 30, no. 4 (2021): 594-612
2) Brianna Theobald, "Epilogue Twenty-First-Century Stories," in Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century, 173-183. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019.
3) Kathryn Anderson, Susan Armitage, Dana Jack and Judith Wittner, "Beginning Where We Are: Feminist Methodology in Oral History," The Oral History Review 15, no. 1 (1987): 103-127.
4) Anna Sheftel and Stacey Zembrzycki, "Telling Interview Stories: Understanding Oral History from the Perspective of Practice," Active History, 11 November 2013.
Kristin Hay, a tutor in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow and expert on women’s reproductive health, rights and oral history. will be joining us to help guide group discussions and offer commentary on her piece.
As always, all readings can be accessed via the embedded hyperlinks, or from this session's downloadable ZIP file (below).
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