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Oral History in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology

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Oral history is a methodology in which statements about history as it is experienced in its many dimensions are recorded. To access memory of facts, research that employs oral history techniques uses the interviewee’s orality and memory. In ethnobiological and ethnoecological studies, in which information acquired from the informant’s memory is also used, oral history may be very useful with regard to gaining a detailed understanding of the interrelationship between people and the environment; in addition, it may provide techniques for the systematization and analysis of data. By reading this chapter, the reader will become familiar with the primary conceptual and methodological premises of oral history, will understand how ethnobiological and ethnoecological research may use oral history both to collect and to analyze data, and will also gain access to an analysis of the use of oral history in ethnobiology, ethnoecology, and environmental history research.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Health and Education Center, Federal University of Campina Grande, Cuité, Paraíba, Brazil

    Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros

  2. Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Ethnobiology, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Taline Cristina da Silva & Rosemary da Silva Sousa

  3. Laboratory of Applied Ethnobotany, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos Silva

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  1. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  2. Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Luiz Vital Fernandes Cruz da Cunha

  3. Departamento de Fitotecnia e Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil

    Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena

  4. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

    Rômulo Romeu Nobrega Alves

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Medeiros, M.F.T., da Silva, T.C., da Silva Sousa, R., Silva, R.R.V. (2014). Oral History in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology. In: Albuquerque, U., Cruz da Cunha, L., de Lucena, R., Alves, R. (eds) Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8636-7_4

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