Remembering and Becoming

Overview

Remembering and Becoming: Oral history in Aotearoa New Zealand investigates how oral history enriches our understanding of Aotearoa New Zealand’s past. The book provides clear explanations of oral history methodologies and insightful analyses of personal narratives while exploring themes such as ethnicity, culture, class, religion, gender, place, sexuality, and family. Drawing from diverse backgrounds and extensive experience, the contributing authors challenge conventional historical assumptions and highlight the unique insights oral histories provide.Accessible and engaging, Remembering and Becoming emphasises the vital role of oral history in deepening our understanding of the past.Contributors include established and emerging oral historians and academics: Robyn Andrews, Dean Broughton, Helena Cook, Deborah Dunsford, Helen Frizzell, Anna Green, Megan Hutching, Margaret Kawharu, Natalie Looyer, Jane Moodie, Pip Oldham, Megan Potiki, Elizabeth Ward and Cheryl Ware.

Author Biography

Anna Green is an Adjunct Professor at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington’s Stout Research Centre for NZ Studies. Anna specialises in memory and oral history using an interdisciplinary approach drawn from psychology, anthropology, sociology and literature. Anna serves as president of The National Oral History Association of New Zealand and contributes to various international scholarly associations and journals. Megan Hutching is a freelance historian specialising in oral history. She has produced six books in the ‘New Zealanders Remember’ series, including most recently, Last Line of Defence: New Zealanders remember the war at home. Megan’s early research into women opposing war in early twentieth-century New Zealand continues to inspire her ongoing work on ordinary women’s extraordinary lives.