ABSTRACT For more than thirty years, collecting oral histories has been recognized as an effective teaching strategy in the West. Although it is rare in Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries, the authors adopted it to bridge knowledge gaps they observed in their Saudi Arabian students. The reclamation of familial stories and tribal information using oral history methodologies reconnected students to their past while facilitating a unique learning experience. This paper describes how an oral history project was created for female undergraduate students in Saudi Arabia to help them move beyond the hard science approach supported in the Arabian world to one that embraces a narrative-based methodology. Historically, oral histories – an important pillar of Arabian society – were used to transfer significant tribal information, customs, traditions, and stories from one generation to the next. Since the discovery of oil, the kingdom has undergone dramatic societal and lifestyle transformations resulting in the loss of some traditions. The fundamental goal for this project was to improve the students’ comprehension of humanities and social science courses by reconnecting them to their past using historical methods.

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阿拉伯传统的复兴：使用口述历史在沙特阿拉伯教授人文和社会科学

摘要 三十多年来，收集口述历史在西方一直被认为是一种有效的教学策略。虽然这在海湾合作委员会 (GCC) 国家很少见，但作者采用它来弥合他们在沙特阿拉伯学生中观察到的知识差距。使用口述历史方法重现家庭故事和部落信息，让学生重新认识过去，同时促进独特的学习体验。本文描述了如何为沙特阿拉伯的女本科生创建一个口述历史项目，以帮助她们超越阿拉伯世界支持的硬科学方法，采用基于叙事的方法论。从历史上看，口述历史——阿拉伯社会的一个重要支柱——被用来传递重要的部落信息、习俗、传统、和一代又一代的故事。自从发现石油以来，这个王国经历了戏剧性的社会和生活方式转变，导致一些传统的丧失。该项目的基本目标是通过使用历史方法将学生与过去重新联系起来，从而提高学生对人文和社会科学课程的理解。