Mara Trübenbach

This book is a collection of twelve essays by an international group of scholars which deals with various research methods of oral history and the question of who has been unheard. The book critiques that architectural history contains mostly the main architect’s view as well as addresses only a particular group of intellectuals. Therefore the individual narratives within an on-going relational process should be decentralized by having an ‘integrative dialogue with actors’

Claudia Mainardi

The book offers a different position towards oral history, theorizing the radical potential of a methodology that has historically been cast as unreliable. Looking at different topics, from the role of anegdota to oral testimonies. In general, the authors call for a renewed form of listening to enrich our understanding. Even if the books mainly refers to buildings, what they do, and what they mean to people, it can represent a useful methodological reference especially for those researches that can’t relate to conventional sources.