지방사연구에서 구술사의 활용현황과 과제 = Current Status and Tasks of Oral History in the Local Historical Society Research

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Oral history data have been employed restrictedly and secondarily for research on the history of modern local society so far. This paper aims to show employment ways of oral history data for research on modern local society from the viewpoint that diversity of the sources such data as oral history is needed to understand local history and local life culture. For discussion, this paper treats types and aspects of oral history data, topics of oral history research on modern local society, steps of data collection and interviewing techniques, and values of oral history research on modern local society in the future.
First, there are a number of different kinds of oral history interviewing. The most wide-ranging form is the individual life story. This allows a person to narrate the story of his or her whole life in all its dimensions: personal, spiritual, social and economic. Another kind is the single-issue interview which seeks to gain testimony about a particular aspect or period of a person’s life. The object would be to listen to their experiences during an event or episode such as a famine or a time of conflict or displacement. In addition to individual interviews, oral testimony can also be collected in focus group discussions, community interviews or by diary interviewing. When choosing the method(s) to be employed, it is important to bear in mind the objectives of the project and the kind of testimony required. Many oral testimony projects rely on straightforward interviewing alone, but additional visual techniques can be helpful to express the past more clearly. Therefore, using visual techniques such as video tape, film, and the visual are needed in oral history data collection.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. 문제제기
• 2. 한국에서의 구술자료 정리현황
• 3. 구술자료의 수집과 관리
• 4. 지방사연구에서 구술사의 활용방안
• 5. 맺음말
• Abstract