Only Human: A Reflection on the Ethical and Methodological Challenges of Working with 'Difficult' Stories

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Title
Only Human: A Reflection on the Ethical and Methodological Challenges of Working with 'Difficult' Stories
Abstract
The authors reflect on some of the ethical and methodological challenges that they faced during life-story interviews with Holocaust survivors in Montreal. In particular, they explore three major themes: the elaborate process of learning to "share authority" and build trust with interviewees; the limitations of "deep listening" and their implications; and the struggle to deal with contentious politics, such as perceived racism, that emerge out of some interviews.
Publication
Oral History Review
Volume
Vol. 37
Issue
no. 2
Pages
191-214
Date
Summer/Fall 2010
Language
en
Citation
Sheftel, Anna, and Stacey Zembrzycki. “Only Human: A Reflection on the Ethical and Methodological Challenges of Working with ‘Difficult’ Stories.” Oral History Review Vol. 37, no. 2 (Summer/Fall 2010): 191–214.
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