Experts answer to oral history questions

100 Questions / 40

What is the boundary between memoir and oral history?

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 the answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.

Critique of Oral History Question 41

As is the practice every week, the Oral History website sent oral history question number 41 to experts in this field and asked them to provide their answer in 100 words. In the meantime, Mr. Hassan Beheshtipour, an oral history activist and expert, found the question problematic. The following note explains the objection and the expert’s critical view of last week’s question.

Bakhtiari Narrator of Minab School

From the Mobile Procession to a Month of Sympathy

Our martyred leader had said, “You narrate the truths of your own society, your own country, and your revolution. If you do not narrate, the enemy will narrate. If you do not narrate the revolution, the enemy will narrate. If you do not narrate the incident of the Sacred Defense, the enemy will narrate. He will justify it however, he wants.

Arbaeen in the Heart of the Neighborhood

One of the Mosques Hosting the Funeral Ceremony of the Martyred Leader

The first thing that caught my attention were the backpacks, bags, blankets, and pillows that were seen in every corner of the mosque. In one corner, several women in colorful veils were sitting together and talking quietly. Some who were exhausted from the journey were sleeping on the carpets of the mosque. Children were moving between the men's and women's sections, and the servants were welcoming ...

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