ABSTRACT

Oral history interviews can often have a far-reaching transformative effect on the narrator as well as on the researcher. The opportunity to be shaped by new perspectives and the chance of being touched by a shared deeply emotional encounter with another human being are inherent in the practice of both therapists and oral historians. This paper focuses on the commonalities that postmodern schools of collaborative and narrative therapy share with oral history, mainly the humanistic and feminist approaches, and offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the interview process. Based on my background in ethnographic and therapeutic practice, I see interviews as a relational dialogic experience. The realization that the relationship is significant to any dialogic process allows for deep responsive listening, creating safe space, and sharing vulnerability. A relational approach honors the way we communicate as complex human beings—not only through words, but also through shared emotions.

摘要

口述历史访谈通常可以对叙述者和研究者产生深远的影响。治疗师和口述历史学家的实践都固有着被新观点塑造的机会，以及与另一个人共享的深刻情感接触而被感动的机会。本文着眼于后现代合作与叙事治疗学派与口述历史的共同点，主要是人本主义和女权主义方法，并就访谈过程提供了跨学科的视角。基于我在民族志和治疗实践方面的背景，我将访谈视为一种相关的对话经历。意识到这种关系对于任何对话过程都至关重要，因此可以进行深入的响应式聆听，创造安全的空间，和共享漏洞。关系方法尊重我们作为复杂人的交流方式，不仅通过言语，而且通过共享的情感。