Local and Oral History

• Local and Oral History

  • study of the people, places, and events of a particular geographic area
  • study of history in a local context, often concentrating on events that affected a local community
• Local History

  •  the building blocks of our national histories.
• Autonomy

  • an exercise of freedom with limited control or influence from the national government
• Oral History

  • method of conducting historical research through recorded interviews between a narrator with personal experience of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of adding to the historical record.
• Promotion of Local and Oral History

  • Local museum
  • Festival ( region, province, city)
  • Academe