Dealing with the legacy of the past: oral history and museums in Northern Ireland

Blair, W and Reynolds, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3704-8425, 2023. Dealing with the legacy of the past: oral history and museums in Northern Ireland. Oral History, 51 (1), pp. 114-127. ISSN 0143-0955

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Abstract

This article contributes to ongoing debates around the role of oral history in dealing with the legacy of the past as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. Drawing on work at the intersection of the museum sector and academia, it endorses the importance and value of oral history to future strategies. However, in setting out the need for an effective delivery model, it explores how methodologies are currently understood and deployed in this context. The authors propose the development of a model anchored around a central archival hub with local spokes, acknowledging that this is a distributed story requiring extensive collaboration. Drawing on methods being prototyped by National Museums Northern Ireland, it sets out an approach that combines the merits of oral history set within broader interpretive and educational frameworks that utilise the concepts of agonistic memory and slow memory.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Oral History
Creators:	Blair, W. and Reynolds, C.
Publisher:	Oral History Society
Date:	17 March 2023
Volume:	51
Number:	1
ISSN:	0143-0955
Identifiers:	Number Type 1743665 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Arts and Humanities
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	23 Mar 2023 10:02
Last Modified:	23 Mar 2023 10:02
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48592

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