Composing the Blue Book
The Use of Oral Sources to Narrate German South-West Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11078806 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Renata Schellenberg (0009-0005-4814-3726, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-40 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Oral History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0798 • E-ISSN: 1533-8592 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00940798.2022.2160263 |
| OpenAlex | W4318035296 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article examines the use of oral testimony in the 1918 British Blue Book, Report on the Natives of South-West Africa and their Treatment by Germany. The objective of this government publication was to investigate the former German colonial rule in the region and to expose critical shortcomings in the administration and maintenance of German South-West Africa. In compiling this document, the editors of the report drew extensively on oral evidence derived from local populations, interviewing members of local indigenous groups and including their individual viewpoints as a central source of data. And while this tactic, seemingly progressive and inclusive in intent, generated an important archival resource of hitherto underrepresented sources to speak about German South-West Africa, it also revealed flaws inherent in the collection of oral testimony itself
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · German · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · History · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |