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Oral history in Belarus: Present state and development trends
Oral history in Belarus: Present state and development trends

Author(s): Aliaksandr Smalianczuk
Subject(s): Oral history, Present Times (2010 - today), Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Belarus; oral history; memory;

Summary/Abstract: The oral history in Belarus has become an important line of enquiry in the humanities and a significant field of interdisciplinary dialogue. It also functions as an important research practice. Nevertheless, under the conditions of the current Belarusian historical policy, imbued with Soviet ideological dogmas, there is no prospect of transforming it into an academic discipline. At present, prospects for the development of oral history in Belarus are connected with the activity of scholarly and community NGOs. The most important of them is an online project called The Belarusian Archives of Oral History, active since 2011.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 42
  • Page Range: 233-252
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English