Crafting Scientific (Auto)Biographies

Govoni, Paola

doi:10.14220/9783737002639.7

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“…28 Historians of science have also tended to "suffer from a certain uneasiness when faced with biography as a genre. " 29 Yet the genre has seen something of a steady revival, starting with Thomas Hankins's 1979 essay "In Defence of Biography. " 30 Other works in a similar vein can be seen in the 2006 edition of the revered American history of science journal Isis and in edited book collections by Richard Yeo and Michael Shortland (1996), Thomas Söderqvist (2007), and Paola Govoni and Zelda Alice Franceschi (2014).…”

Section: Writing An Oral History Of Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Listening to Scientists’ Stories: Using the British Library's “An Oral History of British Science” Archive

Wainman

2017

Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals

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The British Library's “An Oral History of British Science” (OHBS) was created in 2009 to address the dearth of oral history archives in the United Kingdom dedicated to capturing the personal experiences of British scientists. This article examines the implications of using an oral history archive from the perspective of a historian of science to write about scientists’ identities during their doctoral research. The advantages of using life history interviews to explore scientists’ stories are situated within the longer historiographical trajectories of oral history and the history of science. In addition, this article reflects on the process of using a recent oral history archive that has not only allowed for an almost unprecedented access into the personal and working lives of recent scientists but also afforded a greater insight into the creation and aims of the OHBS itself.

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Section: Writing An Oral History Of Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%