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Methodological developments in oral history: A multi-layered approach

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This paper is developed from two papers on oral history given at the AARE conferences in 1992 and 1994.

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Holbrook, A.P. Methodological developments in oral history: A multi-layered approach. Aust. Educ. Res. 22, 21–44 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03219599

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