How might creative practices surrounding oral history contribute to public engagement and to historical research itself? These questions are considered here through a reflective account of the making of the audio drama Positive in Prison: HIV Stories from a Dublin Jail. Positive in Prison is based on oral histories of HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Ireland, gathered in 2016–17 as part of the Wellcome Trust-funded project ‘Prisons, Medical Care and Entitlement to Health in England and Ireland, 1850–2000’. This piece reviews the processes and practical considerations behind the making of the audio drama and its associated launch events, alongside a summary of the history of HIV/AIDS and of prisons that was being produced and shared. It also offers reflections on the advantages and disadvantages of this particular project in relation to public engagement, the uses of oral histories, and creative history-telling.

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口述历史，公众参与和监狱正面化。

围绕口述历史的创造性实践如何有助于公众参与和历史研究本身？这些问题是通过反思性地描述音频电影《监狱中的积极：都柏林监狱的艾滋病故事》而考虑的。监狱中的阳性结果是基于爱尔兰共和国的艾滋病毒/艾滋病口述历史，该历史在2016-17年度收集，是惠康基金会资助的“英格兰和爱尔兰的监狱，医疗和健康权，1850-2000年”项目的一部分。本文回顾了音频剧及其相关发布活动的制作过程和实际考虑，并总结了正在制作和共享的艾滋病毒/艾滋病和监狱的历史。