Resources - Incite at Columbia University

Resources

A curated collection of trainings, guides, tools, and readings for anyone doing oral history, from first-time interviewers to experienced practitioners.

Columbia Oral History Pedagogy

Technology:

Books on Oral History Method and Theory:

  • The Bloomsbury Handbook of Oral History, Alexander Freund, Erin Jessee, Alistair Thomson
  • Rethinking Oral History & Tradition: An Indigenous Perspective, Nepia Mahuika
  • Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History, edited by Nan Alamilla Boyd and Horacio N. Roque Ramírez
  • Oral History Off the Record, edited by Anna Sheftel and Stacey Zembrzycki
  • The Death of Luigi Trastulli and Other Stories, Alessandro Portelli
  • The Oral History Reader, 3rd edition, edited by Robert Perks and Alistair Thompson
  • History of Oral History: Foundations and Methodology, edited by Thomas L. Charlton, Lois E. Myers and Rebecca Sharpless
  • Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide, Donald A. Ritchie
  • Recording Oral History, Second Edition, a Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Valerie Yow
  • Oxford Handbook of Oral History, edited by Don Ritchie
  • Oral History and the Law, John Neuenschwander