oral history

folklore

Inherited cultural narratives

• customsTraditional practices or import taxes
• folktalesTraditional oral narratives
• legendsTraditional stories or icons

myths · proverbs · sayings · ceremonies · rituals · storytelling · elders · griots · keepers · passing down

reminiscence

Recalling past experiences

• recollectionRecalled mental image
• nostalgiaLonging for the past
• firsthand accountsReports from direct observers

eyewitness · lived experience · personal narrative · retrospection · flashback · remembrance · recall · testimony · collective memory · traumatic memory

interviews

Formal evaluative conversations

• fieldworkResearch conducted on location
• transcriptionWritten version of speech
• recordingCaptured audio or video

documentation · archives · primary sources · testimonies · data collection · ethnography · qualitative · anthropology · narrators · informants

ancestors

Those from whom one descends

• lineageDescent from progenitors
• family treeChart of ancestors
• forebearsAncestral family members

descendants · kinship · roots · clan · heritage · bloodline · surnames · generations · migration stories · diaspora

witness

One who attests

• survivorOne still alive after
• firsthandWithout intermediary
• accountsRecords of transactions

narrative · declaration · verification · corroboration · truth-telling · reconciliation · war crimes · Holocaust · genocide · civil rights

• cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
• life researchlife story, biography, autobiography, personal narrative, lived experience
• historyancient civilizations, past events, epochs, era, epoch
• storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
• traditionstradition, custom, customs, cultural practices, rituals
• academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor