“做”口述历史的实践规范与理论探讨

Practical Norms and Theoretical Exploration of “Doing” Oral History

美国口述历史学家唐纳德·里奇的《大家来做口述历史(第3版)》是一本集口述历史理论、方法与实践于一体的百科全书式手册。该书的核心理念是倡导大家能够积极从事口述历史实践,即“做”;作者以自问自答的写作形式,对于怎样去“做”口述历史给予了前沿、全面、细致的回答,同时书中也探讨了口述历史本体论、认识论和方法论的相关理论问题。该书为当代中国的口述历史研究提供了有益的借鉴。

American oral historian Donald A. Ritchie’s Doing Oral History (3rd Edition) is an encyclopedic handbook that integrates the theory, method and practice of oral history. The core idea of the book is to advocate people to actively engage in oral history practice, that is,“do”. In the written form of self-questioning and self-answering, the author gives cutting-edge, comprehensive and detailed answers to how to “do” oral history. At the same time, the author also explores the related theoretical questions of oral history ontology, epistemology, methodology and related theoretical questions. This book provides a useful reference for the study of oral history in contemporary China.