The Schools' Oral History Project

Platforms to share narratives about past and present experiences in South Africa are paramount to the cultivation of an inclusive national identity. This project utilises oral history methodology to promote reconciliation amongst communities through different educational contexts. It creates safe spaces to explore and deconstruct contested narratives in order to develop inclusive narratives.

Through these platforms a range of outputs are developed with stakeholders: oral interviews, intergenerational dialogues between learners and other community members, and digital audiovisual material on selected themes. Collectively these culminate in a resource guide for educators. Recordings of oral interviews are donated to local repositories to contribute to the democratisation of archival collections.