Memory and the Self

Abstract

The article is devoted to the therapeutic dimension of oral history, which forces researchers to adopt an approach based on empathic understanding. The interview – just like a psychoanalysis session – gives the interviewees/witnesses of history an opportunity to recall what was lost, the memories that shape their identity and sense of their own lives. Translation based on: P.R. Thompson, “Memory and the Self:, [in:] idem, The Voice of the Past. Oral History, Oxford 2000, p. 173–189. The article has been translated and reprinted with the permission of © Oxford University Press on behalf of OHA. OUP or OHA shall bear no responsibility for the translation of this article. The full responsibility for the translation lies with the Editors. License No. 90558664 was granted by © Oxford University Press. Article with limited copyright protection. Creating adaptations, alterations and remixes, as well as publishing – including for commercial purposes – is forbidden. All rights reserved. (editor’s note)]

Keywords

• memories
• memory
• psychoanalysis