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Open Access Oral history interviews (OHIs): Participatory research methods for sustainability ‐ toolkit #5

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Authors: Mohr, Franziskaorcid icon; Lock, Susan; Stuber, Martinorcid icon; Bürgi, Matthiasorcid icon

Source: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Volume 32, Number 1, 2023, pp. 91-93(3)

Publisher: oekom verlag

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.1.4

This article is Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY licence.

When addressing land use related sustainability issues, looking to the past can contribute an important layer of information. For this, oral history interviews are a useful approach, especially when written sources are not available or do not adequately reflect the views of certain relevant social groups, such as the practitioners directly involved in a certain land use. This toolkit provides an overview of how to use and implement oral history interviews.

Keywords: actor perspective; human-environment interactions; land use history; landscape change; sustainability

Document Type: Short Communication

Publication date: May 20, 2023

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