Oral history has been employed for decades by anthropologists,
historians, and sociologists to collect data about lived experience.
This volume explores how oral history, using video recordings and
storytelling as well as interviews, can be used for a number of purposes
in communities of color. The authors discuss oral histories that are
intended not only to record the culture and history of understudied
communities; they also address other goals, such as increasing student
interaction with diverse communities and developing effective health
interventions.
Oral History and Communities of Color presents five essays, each of
which considers a different racial/ethnic community: Asian American,
American Indian, Latino, African American, and Muslim. Interviews with
two scholars who integrate oral history into their research touch on
oral history's theoretical foundation in cultural anthropology,
particular considerations for collecting oral histories in specific
communities, and the importance of including the narrator's personal
story.