Oral History Interview & Importance – Part 20

Listening Carefully (2)

It is recommended to nod during an interview or express verification such as “yes” or “that is right” to show that you have fully understood the narrators intention and are interest in the interview. Note that reacting to what the narrator is saying promotes the spirit and ensures them that the interviewer is listening carefully. Bear in mind that the average pace of speaking is between 125 to 175 words per minute. While the thinking speed is between 400 to 800 words per minute.

A plan that deals with “Recording of Live Accounts”

Chronology of developments, basis for oral history of Golestan Palace

The meeting was held to commemorate the recording of the events of Golestan Palace during the recent decades and the recording of memoirs and what have not been said by prominent figures and the influential elements in the developments of Golestan Palace (the period of the second Pahlavi era, the years that led to the victory of the Islamic revolution and after that) in the hall of the Anthropology Museum which was attended by the narrators who delivered speeches about the significance and process of the shaping of the plan.

Memories of a Publisher

Book and My Adventurer Spirit

According to Oral History Website of Iran, the 19th session of the second course of meetings of "Oral History of Book", was held by Nasrollah Haddadi, the host and expert of the program, and attended by Mehrdad Kazemzadeh, Director of Maziar Publication in Khaneh Ketab Institution Saraye Ahle Ghalam in the morning of Tuesday, August 22, 2017.

The 283rd program of night of reminiscence

The Memoirs of Commanders of the Control of Frontier (Part 1)

As oral history website reported, two hundred and eighty third program of series of the night of reminiscence programs was held at Art Center hall on Thursday evening on 2nd Shahrivar 1396 (2017-August-24). At this night, some told their memoirs of sacred defense and Iraqi imposed war against Iran, such as second brigadier general Roham-Bakhsh Habibi, Brigadier general Jalal Setare and second brigadier Mohammad Kazem Taghavi.

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