Hoyle, Victoria orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-806X (2022) Oral History in the History of Psychiatry. In: Sources in the History of Psychiatry, from 1800 to the Present. Routledge
Abstract
This chapter considers the value and potential benefits of using oral history for the history of psychiatry and mental health. Its aim is to provide a theoretical, technical and ethical framework, as an entry point to a broad and diverse field. It discusses the research opportunities that engaging directly with personal experience, memories and stories offer, as well as the challenges that may be encountered. For example, questions of subjectivity, power and trauma must be acknowledged and negotiated. Although oral history is now a well-established technique, best practice continues to develop in light of changing understandings of trust, sensitivity and the position of the researcher. As oral historian Michael Frisch has said “the central issues in oral history are confronted first and most deeply in practical application,” which is why the chapter discusses practical and technical as well as ethical issues. Interviewee recruitment, transcription and analysis need to be carefully considered in oral history research design. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the therapeutic significance of oral history for people who have been marginalised within medical and psychiatric systems and by society.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2022 13:50 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:12 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:185715 |
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