口述史是当代公众史记录的基本路径

Oral History Is the Basic Approach to Record Contemporary Public History

公众史学的进一步发展要从公众史记录入手,公众史的核心是个人史,当代公众史记录核心要处理的是个人记忆文本化。当代人人能参与,是因为人人有一个大脑记忆数据库,当事人的主体认知有独一无二的价值。要重视老人历史记忆资源的采集,记下过往可以实现人生的痕迹化管理,文本传承的无限性可以弥补人类自然生命的有限性。口述史的可信度是有层次划分的。口述史是公众建立文本系统的最有效途径与手段,人人口述可以获得第一手的心迹与事迹信息。口述史可以将生活中的聊天与研究巧妙地结合起来,推开了一扇更大的"记忆之门",可让会说不会写的人留史。口述史的出现增加了一种普通人的历史认知表达形态,开创了直接的历史研究,公众参与与史家参与是不同层次的参与。

The further development of public history should start with public history records.The core of public history is personal history,and the core of contemporary public history records should deal with the textualization of personal memory.Everyone can participate in public history because everyone has a brain memory database,and the subject cognition of the parties has unique value.We should pay attention to the collection of historical memory resources from the elderly,write down the past,and realize the trace management of life.The infinity of text inheritance can make up for the limitation of human natural life.The credibility of oral history is divided into levels.Oral history is the most effective way and means for the public to establish a text system.Everyone can get first-hand information about his feelings and deeds.Oral history can skillfully combine chat and research in life,and open a larger"door of memory"for those who can speak and can’t write.The emergence of oral history has added an expression form to ordinary people’s historical cognition and created a direct method historical research.Public participation and historian participation are different levels of participation.