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IS THERE CLEAR INFORMED CONSENT? Prior to the beginning of an

interview, the interviewer should clearly obtain and document the narrator’s
agreement to participate in the process and the project.
ARE THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT CLEAR? The interviewer should clearly
communicate the goals of the project, any potential risks in participation that
exist, and the understanding that once accessible, oral history can be used
countless ways by any number of unknown people. This may occur within the
interview itself, or with supporting documentation.
DID THE INTERVIEWER PROVIDE THE NARRATOR WITH THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE INTERVIEW? Though not
always immediately discernable from the interview itself, thorough research
should include confirmation of this so that utilizing the oral history interview
as a source can be done with the affirmation that the interview portrays the
correct information that narrator wished to share.
WAS PRELIMINARY RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC OF STUDY CONDUCTED?
This element requires thoughtfulness by the consumer, in the form of
consideration of whether the interviewer was conscious of all the information
that contributed to the narrator’s words and complete story.

Information gathered from

the Oral History Association, Statement on Ethics
oralhistory.org