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Oral history as a field of research, teaching, archival collection, community building or engagement, truth and reconciliation, and creative practice, emerged with the diffusion of the tape recorder in the 1960s and 1970s. This was a time of enormous social and political upheaval. As a result, oral history was quickly taken up by feminists, working-class and queer activists, racial minorities, and other marginalized people who sought to record the hidden stories that would otherwise be lost. This article introduces readers to the field of oral history, its methodology and ethics. Oral history is a creative practice, open to adaptation and experimentation. As it is a place of listening across difference, oral history interviewing presents itself as a unique learning landscape. Several pedagogical examples are also shared.

Despite a chillywind off of Placentia Bay, thousands of people gathered in Argentia to watch the controlled implosion of the 10-storey Combined Bachelor Quarters, known affectionately as the 'Q,' on [...]

Lauren Hirshberg's book, "Suburban Empire," explores the U.S. occupation of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands during the Cold War. The book focuses on the concept of Cold War colonialism and the containment of the Marshallese people, as well as the construction of a suburban lifestyle for U.S. civilian base workers. It examines the cultural legacy of the U.S. presence and the ways in which it sought to create a sense of Americanness in a far-away place. While the book provides valuable insights, it could have given more attention to racial differences among suburban residents and situated the study within the broader pattern of base colonization. [Extracted from the article]

Jeremy Milloy and Joan Sangster, eds., The Violence of Work: New Essays in Canadian and US Labour History (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2021) THIS RELATIVELY THIN volume consists of [...]