Abstract
This contribution deals with issues related to the use of oral sources in historical research carried out during times marked by high political tensions and it focuses on the case of contemporary Turkey. Storytelling implies selection and assembly, through which interviewees shape an image of themselves but also of their relationship with others and with the world. The purpose is to analyse the narrative potential of oral sources by examining a sample of biographical testimonies of left-wing intellectuals who actively contributed to the constitution of the ‘civil society’ during the 1980s. The selected interviews show how contemporary political events deeply affect the relationship with the past.
Highlights
Oral history refers to the use of oral sources in historiographical research.1 It is a field of study and a research methodology that is primarily based on interviews with the purpose to gather memories and statements of actors engaged in given historical processes
This semiotic modeling of the processes of motivational attribution is heuristic because it can be reversed: on the one hand, a painting of a face can be treated like a photograph of it, and, further on, a photograph of it can be treated as a mortuary mask; on the other hand, subtracting instead of adding motivation, a mortuary mask can be treated as a photograph or, further on along the subtraction of indexicality, as a painting or even as a symbolical representation
54, Supplemento, 2018, 461-490 e-ISSN 2385-3042 ISSN 1125-3789 shots were used to make a video, easy to find online,1 which, if watched outside of the entire context of the documentary, would appear intended to make known one of the many rituals linked to Easter in Calabria, or more generally in Southern Italy
Summary
Texts in Between Action and Non-Action Genesis, Strategies, and Outcomes of Textual Agency edited by Carlotta De Sanctis, Arianna Magnani, Luca Rizzo, Marta Sanvido and Pier Carlo Tommasi. Opinions on this matter vary considerably among intellectuals, traditions, historical periods, and cultural spheres; no answer can be found Such questions have triggered our interest as young scholars from different backgrounds and areas of expertise, opening a lively discussion around the theme of textual agency. We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to the editorial team of ECF, all the authors, the anonymous peer-reviewers, and, to everyone who actively took part in the workshop last year We sincerely hope this volume will set the basis for further discussion and provide the readers with an opportunity to engage with the issue of textual agency across different centuries and geographical areas
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