Oral History. The availability of audiovisual materials online
Oral History. The availability of audiovisual materials online

Summary/Abstract: Over the last several years, we have witnessed an increase in the popularity of oral history among community archives. Accounts are recorded not only by researchers and members of science institutions, as more and more grassroots initiatives (including community archives) start their activity by collecting oral history recordings. Oral history is also present in museums and cultural institutions (libraries, community centres); recordings are made for instance by the Białystok Cultural Centre/Ludwik Zamenhof Centre or Biblioteka Publiczna im. Marii Konopnickiej (the Maria Konopnicka Public Library) in Suwałki. This results from the general availability of recording equipment, but also of grants for documenting the history of a given community, location, profession or group. This trend inevitably invites the question of how these recordings are made, but also what happens to them next with respect to archiving, editing and publication. It should be mentioned here that thus far, in spite of discussions across various institutions (including the Polish Oral History Association), no unified set of rules has been established concerning the publication or editing of oral history recordings.

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