(Un)Naming: Ethics, Agency, and Anonymity in Oral Histories with Veteran-Narrators

Hobbs, Mia Martin

doi:10.1080/00940798.2021.1885982

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“…Should oral history projects always stem from and align with the interests of one or the other? What if privileging one over the other raises ethical concerns about the accuracy of representation and interpretation (Ogot 2001; Girdharry 2021:247; Hobbs 2021)? Does the scholar’s positionality taint the feedback process as well (Akello 2018)?…”

Section: Authorship Expectations Dialogue and Disagreementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dialoguing with Retired Nurses: Involving Interview Participants in the Interpretation Process in South Africa

Hadfield¹

2023

Afr. Stud. Rev.

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The African Studies community has reinvigorated discussions about the racial and power dynamics of the field in the past few years. A core question has been how to Africanize knowledge production. Hadfield’s practical example as a white American historian involving Black South African oral history interview participants in different stages of the research process shows that successfully including interview participants in the interpretation stage requires clarity and transparency throughout. If meaningful dialogue is employed and human connections prioritized, the result should be a more accurate and inclusive process that satisfies all, even if scholars and participants disagree.

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Section: Authorship Expectations Dialogue and Disagreementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As Mia Martin Hobbs wrote, negotiating the interpretation with interview participants is rarely done, “because it is logistically very difficult and time-consuming” (2021:74). Yet, it is possible at various levels.…”

Section: Authorship Expectations Dialogue and Disagreementmentioning

confidence: 99%