ORAL HISTORY

ORAL HISTORY

1. helps to counteract sterotypes and to change the status of people with learning diffs, esp those who spent time in inst.

   • Atkins et al: oral hx helps provide a more complex hx as it encourages residents who were before marginilised

2. howard mitchell, Lennox Castle

3. ethical issues surrounding oral Hx

   • what shld researchers main prority be? Their research or well being of the subjects
   • can those with learning diffs give true informed consent?
   • shld the transcripts be shared with the subjects
   • ensuring the subjects aren't exploited esp if lower socio-economic backgrounds of as with howard mitchell learning diffs

4. accounts vary depending on who is telling the story

5. memories help access info not recorded in official accounts