Theories about oral history narrated by artificial intelligence

Third Theory: Covering up the gaps in the document with oral narration

Oral history, more than being an accumulation of narrative, is a field of methodical dialogue between memory, power, ethics, and representation. In the meantime, one of the challenges for researchers in this field is to move from “interview report” to “theoretical structure”; a question to which each expert, based on his or her experience and intellectual ...

Experts’ Answers to Oral History Questions

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Does the Interviewer’s Empathy with the Narrator Harm the impartiality of Historical Research?

We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.

Javad Poyanfar's Memories

Seyed Javad Poyanfar, a pilot general and wounded veteran of the Holy Defense, was a guest on the 285th Shab Khatereh (Memory Night) program (November 2025). He spoke about the air operations and captivity in the Belghorfeh prison. Poyanfar said: "On September 18, 1980, four days before the war began, we had to go and hit our target.

Report of the 15th Oral History Conference; Religion and Culture -1

The Formation of Independent Oral History Currents in Qom

According to Iranian Oral History website, the 15th Iranian Oral History Conference on the topic of "Religion and Culture" was held on Thursday morning (June 11, 2026) with the participation of the Iranian Oral History Association, the National Library and Archives Organization of Iran, the Islamic Research Foundation of Astan Quds Razavi, and the Islamic Revolution Archives Center of Qom, at the Fadak Hotel in ...

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