Oral History as a Participatory Historiography

Abstrakt

The article focuses on examining the participatory dimensions of oral history, its multidisciplinary nature, and the contexts in which it operates due to its participatory aspect. The article consists of two parts. The first part aims to introduce oral history as a method that assumes the possibility of participation in its use, highlighting subjectivity and the importance of collaboration in this approach. The second part analyzes discursive contexts (including applied history, public history, contemporary museology, rescue history, and preventive humanities) that can be realized through oral history thanks to its participatory dimension. The study utilized literature on oral history and participatory history.