TY - BOOK AU - Arp,Agnès AU - Arp,Agnès AU - Boekhoff,Julie AU - Finnberg,Manja AU - König,Christian AU - Leo,Annette AU - Maubach,Franka AU - Musso,Silvia AU - Niethammer,Lutz AU - Plato,Alexander von TI - Giving a voice to the Oppressed?: The International Oral History Association as an academic Network and political Movement. SN - 9783110558708 AV - D16.14 .G53 2019 U1 - 907.2 23 PY - 2019///] CY - München, Wien : PB - De Gruyter Oldenbourg, KW - Oral history KW - Societies, etc KW - History N1 - Frontmatter --; Foreword: Thinking about Oral History Today --; Table of Contents --; The Special Charm of Integration. Introductory Remarks on This Volume --; The Intellectuals of the International Oral History Network. Biographical Conditions and Motivations for Their Oral History Work --; Movement and Solidarity. A Network of Friends as an Academic Phenomenon --; From the Power Structures of a Leadership Council to an Elected Board. A History of the Network until 1996 --; Crossing National Borders, with Reactions. The Internationality of the Network --; The International Oral History Association as an Interdisciplinary Laboratory --; The Freedom of Speech as a Human Right. Silence and Speaking in the IOHA --; “Please Tell Us Your Life Story…”. A Confusion of Roles or, How It Is When Experienced Interviewers Are Interviewed --; Epilogue --; Thanks --; Appendix --; Short Biographies of the Protagonists and Selected Publications --; The Authors --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Due to its internationality and interdisciplinarity, the International Oral History Association (IOHA), which was founded in the late 1970's, is one-of-a-kind in the academic landscape. Driven by the desire to democratize historical scholarship, its members wanted to "give a voice" to groups such as women, workers, migrants, or victims of political dictatorships who had not been heard up to that point. The contributions deal with the academic approaches and the political convictions of the previous generation UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110561357 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110561357 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110561357/original ER -