abstract background: historical research has limitations in applying proper and credit-worthy chronology to clarify the data. in this methodology, the application of oral history is one of the ways in which answers to questions addressed by the research theme are elicited. oral history, as a clear and transparent tool, needs to be applied with guidelines for qualitative researchers regarding da...

purpose: this paper considers the concept and background of oral history in internal and external references. also it studies necessity, importance and agents of arising and developing oral history in the field of archives. methodology: this research uses library and document method and its database is provided via resources in prominent libraries, databases and websites related to oral history...

conclusions the risk of ra increased with delayed menarche, advanced maternal age at first delivery and early age at menopause. however, longer duration of breast-feeding, parity, large number of children and consumption of ocs were found as protective independent variables against ra. methods this case-control study was conducted on 231 patients with ra and 238 controls among females aged 26 -...

This article reflects upon a Heritage Lottery–funded project devised by Britain’s leading practitioner of reminiscence arts, Age Exchange. ‘‘Meeting in No Man’s Land’’ explored the different family legacies of the First World War by bringing together the British and German descendants of its veterans.1 The project process had many similarities to the practice of oral history, but there were als...

PURPOSE Nurses played a critical role in performing triage during the Iran-Iraq War. However, their experiences in triage have not been discussed. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the triage experiences of civilian nurses during the Iran-Iraq War. METHODS Oral history method and in-depth interviews were used to collect data to gain the nurses' experiences in triage. RESULTS...

This study examines the role of exploitative learning in entrepreneurial opportunity recognition at the time of war and peace. Utilising some unique, qualitative, longitudinal oral history interviews collected from informants from a family business, our qualitative finding indicates that, at the time of war and conflict, risk and physical immobility restricted exploitation within a narrowly con...