Download or read book Oral History in Southeast Asia written by Patricia Pui Huen Lim and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2000-12-31 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oral History is a means of recording the past, through interviews. There has been much oral history activity in Southeast Asia since the 1960s at both the institutional and individual levels. This volume contains a range of papers dealing with the theoretical, methodological and practical issues in oral history and the unique problems of their application in the Southeast Asian context. The authors include both academics and practitioners who bring with them a wealth of expertise and experience in anthropology, history, sociology, publishing and archives administration.