Oral history in Aotearoa New Zealand
Edited by Anna Green and Megan Hutching
Remembering and Becoming investigates how personal narratives can deepen our understanding of Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. The contributing authors, drawing from diverse backgrounds and extensive experience, use interviews to explore themes such as ethnicity, culture, class, religion, gender, place, sexuality, age, family and war. The insights gained from these interviews challenge conventional historical assumptions and reveal the unique perspectives that oral histories provide.
Accessible and engaging, Remembering and Becoming highlights the crucial role of oral history in expanding our views of the past.
Contributors include established and emerging oral historians and academics: Robyn Andrews, Dean Broughton, Helena Cook, Deborah Dunsford, Helen Frizzell, Anna Green, Megan Hutching, Margaret Kawharu, Natalie Looyer, Jane Moodie, Pip Oldham, Megan Pōtiki, Elizabeth Ward and Cheryl Ware.
Editors
Anna Green is an Associate Professor at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington’s Stout Research Centre for NZ Studies. Anna specialises in memory and oral history using an interdisciplinary approach drawn from psychology, anthropology, sociology and literature. Anna serves as president of The National Oral History Association of New Zealand and contributes to various international scholarly associations and journals.
Megan Hutching has worked as an oral historian for over 30 years, including at Auckland Libraries and Te Manatū Taonga. She has published on a wide range of topics, including immigration and New Zealand’s involvement in World War II and has an abiding interest in the history of women’s political activism.
Publication details
Paperback
240 x 170mm, 221pp
ISBN 9781990048838
RRP $45
Release date: 24 October