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Next phase of the Precarious Oral Histories Project
You might have noticed a name change and a new look on our website… and it’s because we’re looking to expand our work nationally! The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project was highly successful, identifying close to 200 collections and over 9,000 interviews at-risk in the state. You can see the collections here on…
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Project outputs now available
We are thrilled to announce that the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections’ two major outputs—a project report and an online database—are now available! You can access the report here and the database here. The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections project identified and gathered vital information about a huge number of precarious oral history…
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Project form closure: thank you to all who have participated
The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project form has now closed. After four months of receiving information about precarious oral history collections from across the state,we are now focused on developing our project outputs: a report and online database based on the information gathered through the forms. We have been delighted with the high…
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Form deadline extended until 28 September 2025!
The deadline to submit a project form to the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project, about your precarious oral history collection, has been extended until 28 September 2025! If you have a precarious oral history collection that is held in the state of Victoria, we encourage you to complete our project form. To learn…
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Access the project flyer
The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project needs your help with the important task of identifying precarious oral history collections located in Victoria, Australia! If you would like to help promote the project via your networks, you can download our project flyer here. Please contact us if you wish to access our promotions kit,…
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Oral history resources
For information about oral history training, guidance and resources, visit Oral History Australia’s website and your state-based oral history association website. These sites contain valuable resources that may assist you. Oral History Australia’s website, for instance, has several of its own guides on various topics: https://oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/guidance/practise/ Oral History Australia: https://oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/ Oral History Victoria: https://oralhistoryvictoria.org.au/ Oral…
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Understanding the project’s approach to ‘precarity’
While our project homepage explains how this project has defined what counts as a precarious oral history collection, we’d like to offer some further information for those who may want a deeper understanding of our approach. Recognising that an oral history collection may be precarious is certainly not a critique of the collection or those…
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Project launched!
The Oral History Australia Biennial Conference provided a collegial setting for the launch of the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project on 22 November 2024. The launch gave project lead Dr Anisa Puri a unique opportunity to introduce the project to an audience of almost 200 oral historians from across Victoria, Australia, and beyond.…