This webinar, organised by the International Council on Archives’ Expert Group on Legal Matters (EGLM), will consider the nature of oral history and its place among the many varieties of archival material. While oral history is often created and collected outside the routine business of organisations, it remains a powerful means of recording memory, identity, and experience, raising important questions about its recognition as archives.
The session will also explore the legal issues that arise in the practice, preservation, and presentation of oral history. These include contract, copyright, data protection, defamation, privacy, confidentiality, and ethics – all of which shape how oral history is created, managed, and made accessible.
By combining case-based discussion with reflections from experienced practitioners, the webinar aims to highlight both the opportunities and challenges that oral history presents for archivists, researchers, and legal professionals.
Link to register: https://www.ica.org/event/ica-eglm-webinar-oral-history-as-archives-and-the-laws-that-apply/