Oral History and Qualitative Methodologies: Educational Research for Social Justice examines oral history methodological processes involved in the doing of oral history as well as the theoretical, historical, and knowledge implications of using oral history for social justice projects.
Oral history in qualitative research is an umbrella term that integrates history, life history, and testimony accounts. Oral history draws from various social science disciplines, including educational studies, history, indigenous studies, sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies, womens studies, and youth studies. The book argues for the further development of a pedagogical culture related to oral history for educational research as part of the effort to diversify the range of human experiences educators, community members, and policy makers incorporate into knowledge-making and knowledge-using processes.
Early career researchers, novice researchers, as well as experienced researchers are invited to join social science educational researchers in developing their own oral history projects using all of the tools, dispositions, and epistemologies affiliated with qualitative inquiry.
The book will be of use in courses on qualitative research methods, history, anthropology, womens studies, and education disciplines as well as by community organizations who want to use oral history to preserve the history of communities and advance social justice projects.
Section 1: Introduction to the Theories and Methods of Oral History for
Qualitative Researchers
1. Introduction to the Art and Science of
Interdisciplinary Oral History
2. Theoretical, Methodological, and Ethical
Issues in Oral History Projects Section 2: Educational Biography and Life
History
3. Recording History as Lived and Experienced in the CSRA: Oral
History, Methodological Considerations and Educational Opportunities
4. "Bone
by Bone": Re(collecting) Stories of Black Female Student Activists at
Fayetteville State Using Oral History Interviews with a Life History Approach
5. The Need for Action: Oral Histories of The 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout
6. La Familia Ortiz: Parental Influence on the Pursuit of Higher Education
7.
COVID-19 Oral Histories of Academic Leaders, Faculty, and Students in Higher
Education Section 3: Archival and Secondary Data Analysis
8. The Layers of
Oral Histories at Memorial Museums: Chronicles About Who We Are and Who We
Are Likely to Become
9. Irene Bishop Goggans: Community Historian of African
American Life using Scrapbooks for Social Justice Section 4: Arts-Based
Educational Research
10. Teachers and North American Migrants Oral Histories
Concerning the 'School for All' Arts-based Project
11. Oral History of a
Civil Rights Leader using Music and Dance Section 5: Digital storytelling,
Podcasts, Vlogs, and Social Media
12. My Story, My Voice: student podcasts
examining oral histories on diversity in East Central Indiana
13. Engaging
Participatory Visual Methodologies in Oral History Research Section 6:
Concluding
Chapter/Epilogue
14. Methodological and Pedagogical Opportunities
for Oral History
Thalia M. Mulvihill, Ph.D., is Professor of Higher Education and Social Foundations, Ball State University, USA. Thalia is a historian and sociologist of higher education. She teaches qualitative research methods and higher education issues courses and has authored eight books and 85 refereed publications. She co-edits The Teacher Educator and is the recipient of numerous teaching, research, and mentoring awards.
Raji Swaminathan, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Policy & Community Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Rajis research and teaching interests include qualitative research methods, urban education, and international alternative education. She has authored seven books and has been the recipient of several teaching and research awards. Raji conducts professional development for teachers in alternative schools internationally.
