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Fotografien sind in ihrer Bildaussage nicht eindeutig. Sie geben nicht „die Realität“ wieder, sondern einen Augenblick, fotografiert aus einer ganz bestimmten Perspektive, mit einer ganz bestimmten Intention. Wir sollten uns Fotografien systematisch nähern, um diese Perspektiven zu erkennen, um den historischen Kontext und den persönlichen Hintergrund des Fotografen/der Fotografin zu verstehen. Dabei hilft es, sich zwei Fragen zu stellen: „Was sehen wir?“ und „Was sehen wir nicht?“
Oral history has been enriching the theoretical and methodological debates of German-language contemporary history research for over forty years. While early skepticism towards oral history has long since given way to its broad (and sometimes uncritical) acceptance and application, there is still much debate about what exactly it is as both a method and a research field, and what value for historiography – and as source material – it has. In our contribution to the debate, we explore how oral history has developed over time, which international and interdisciplinary influences have proven significant, its underlying theoretical and methodological concepts, and which factors might shape its future.