Faculty members engaged in oral history research, or who are supervising graduate or undergraduate students engaged in such research, or who have a demonstrable interest in oral history, will be invited to join the membership of COHT. Faculty members will use the centre to support their academic research. The centre can provide these scholars with a venue and opportunity to improve the intellectual understanding of the complexities and conditions of concepts such as self, memory, narrative and performance in the culture in which they are embedded. The centre will be a vibrant community for scholars to discuss methodological approaches from different disciplines, a place to report preliminary findings and a place to find understanding for roadblocks and ideas on how to overcome these roadblocks.
Anyone in the University community (including students) or in the local community of southern Alberta who has an interest in oral history, may become a member of the Friends by simple application to the Executive Director. Graduate and undergraduate students will use the centre to support their oral history projects. These students will likely require considerable assistance in framing projects, selecting interviewees, conducting interviews, editing and interpreting results.
