“I was tipped off that it would be good to interview one old shoemaker” – Paul Thompson about his passion for interviewing, the power of voice and The Voice of the Past in conversation with Dominik Czapigo and Jakub Gałęziowski

Conversation with Paul Thompson – sociologist, social historian, professor emeritus at the University of Essex, one of the fathers of oral history, founder of the National Life Stories Archive at the British Library and co-founder of the journal “Oral History.” The conversation coincides with the publication of the Polish edition of his book The Voice of the Past (Głos przeszłości. Wprowadzenie do historii mówionej), which is one of the most important and still influential publications on oral history. The Polish version of the 4th edition, updated and revised by the author together with Joanna Bornat, was published in December 2021 by Centrum Archiwistyki Społecznej (The Center of Community Archives) in partnership with the KARTA Center. The conversation with Paul Thompson was conducted online of 3 November 2021

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