Oral history and orality

Abstract EN

Oral history has aroused, decades ago, an increasing interest among researchers, an interest facilitated by the technological progress that we are witnessing in our present when dealing with oral sources.

Historians have often neglected its use despite their awareness of the possibilities provided by oral sources, but they have come to mention that oral history represents an important and interesting source in their research.

The shyness of historians, especially in Algeria, with regard to the use of oral history and oral history, remains interesting in that it contradicts the discourse of re-evaluating the actors in the historical narrative and the interest in the markers of the event.

The vitality of oral testimonies and the consecration of oral testimony are expressed through the expansion of benefit from the use of the technical revolution in audiovisual means.

From here, a significant question arises : What should be done to make the most of this synergy between historical writing and oral and oral narration? What are the strategies that must be adopted to protect the diverse cultural heritage of societies while remaining open to the world? Determining the concepts of oral history and oral history, the pitfalls and difficulties of oral history, the types and uses of testimonies, their intractable effects, memory problems and many other points will be the subject of this study.