IOHA JOURNAL
Words and Silences
Current Issue:
Oral history in a digital and audiovisual world
About the Journal
Words and Silences / Palabras y Silencios is the Digital Edition Journal of the International Oral History Association. It includes articles from a wide range of disciplines and is a means for the professional community to share projects and current trends of oral history from around the world.
Online ISSN 2222-4181
Recent Articles
Creative Solutions Found to Allow Online Access to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Collection
Leslie Joan McCartney
The role of narrator compensation in the case for reparations and restitution
Alissa Rae Funderburk & Fanny Julissa Garcia
“I Have That Clip Here!”: The Spectre Of Digital Media In The Construction And Narration Of Life Histories
Elizabeth Visser
Past Issues
Oral History and Space (2022)
Harmony and Disharmony: Selections from the XXI IOHA Conference (2023)
Oral history in a digital and audiovisual world (2025)
Memory and Narration (2019)
Oral History and Emotions (2018)
New Digital Edition (2015)
Collaboration (2012)
The Workings of Oral History (2011)
Transition Issue (2011)
Oral History and the Experience of Politics (2003)
Article Submissions
Words and Silences’ editorial team is interested in articles related to oral history methodology, practices, theory, and projects. Our goal is to provide a space for oral historians and oral history practitioners to share projects and current trends with the international community.
The Call for Submissions for the forthcoming issue of the IOHA Journal is now open. See this page for more details.