Identity and Forgetting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11078993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Naomi Norquay (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1093/ohr/26.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2323737524 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
In this paper I explore moments of forgetting that occurred in an oral history research project that involved six female teachers. The research consisted of a series of four life history interviews with each participant which were audio-taped and then transcribed.2 The participants were required to read their transcripts prior to each subsequent interview. The interviews thereby provided an opportunity to not only tell new stories, but also to revisit previous ones. Of the six women who participated in this research, five grew up in or around Toronto in the 1950s and one grew up in Hungary in the 1930s.3 All of them were white women. When I invited these six teachers to tell me stories about their
Aesthetics · Cognitive psychology · Forgetting · Genealogy · Identity (music) · Political science · Canadian Identity and History · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · History · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
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The relational making of people and place
Childbirth Traditions in Ghanaian Immigrant Women's Memories
Othering as soft-power discursive practice
Their finest hour
| Citations per year | 0.48 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2021 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |