Fifty Years On: An International Perspective on Oral History

Thomson, Alistair

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“…Though structured, the conversation was also free flowing in nature as [15] talked about the importance of taking into consideration gender, culture, and other individual differences. In most cases, two researchers undertook the oral history narrative with the centenarian.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although oral history research utilizes less structured approaches than other methodologies (e.g., researchers are encouraged to follow cultural norms, practices, and intuition when conducting an interview rather than relying on standardized interview techniques), asking similar questions across participant interviews generates consistency [15]. The flexible style of oral history research offers advantages to participants, including greater openness story sharing and provides participants with greater control in setting the pace of the interview.…”

Section: Oral Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The flexible style of oral history research offers advantages to participants, including greater openness story sharing and provides participants with greater control in setting the pace of the interview. Lastly, Thomson [15] suggests that there is no "right way" to conduct an oral history interview.…”

Section: Oral Historymentioning

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Examining Supportive Evidence for Psychosocial Theories of Aging within the Oral History Narratives of Centenarians

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Abstract:Oral history provides researchers opportunities to assess narratives and compare them to existing theories of aging. Oftentimes the discussion of psychosocial theories of aging does not include the oldest-old. The purpose of this study was to assess evidence of psychosocial theories of aging within oral history narratives from a subsample of 20 centenarians from the Oklahoma 100 Year Life Oral History Project. Analysis utilized seven theories: Activity Theory, Continuity Theory, Disengagement Theory, Theory of Gerotranscendence, Modernization Theory, Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC) Theory, and Socioemotional Selectivity Theory (SST). Researchers used content analysis to assess each oral history narrative and noted Activity Theory and Gerotranscendence had the most evidence. Most centenarians described how they were extremely active well into older adulthood. Common themes across oral history narratives indicated that centenarians maintained a preference for activity such as formal work. Centenarians also reported a readiness for death and little fear of it. In addition, increased time spent reflecting on spirituality and religion indicated changes in self-discovery. Identification of Disengagement and Socioemotional Selectivity were sparse in the transcripts. It is possible that to reach such longevity, centenarians relied on their communities and support networks to achieve this status. It is also possible that centenarians outlived individuals in their social networks who were emotionally fulfilling. Further qualitative work should assess evidence of psychosocial theories among other long-lived older adults.

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“…Among deconstructionists, memory is not a simple act of retrieving facts and information, it is a process of 'creative construction' that incorporates passion, humanity and trope (De Hart, 1993;Murphy, 1986, p. 165;Thomson, 1998).…”

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Remnants of the past, history and the present

Booth

2016

Waikato Journal of Education

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“…This term has been used to indicate a dual process at work in an interview. (Dawson 1994;Thomson 1994;Summerfield 2004) On the one hand it refers to the composition of the narrative that the interviewee tells, and on the other to the achievement of personal composure or psychic equilibrium through the process of telling. These are the vehicles for the construction of subjectivity in an interview.…”

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Oral History as an Autobiographical Practice

Summerfield¹

2016

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Fifty Years On: An International Perspective on Oral History

Cited by 67 publications

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Examining Supportive Evidence for Psychosocial Theories of Aging within the Oral History Narratives of Centenarians

Examining Supportive Evidence for Psychosocial Theories of Aging within the Oral History Narratives of Centenarians

Remnants of the past, history and the present

Oral History as an Autobiographical Practice

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