A training workshop on ‘Oral History Research Techniques’ was organized on July 10, 2020 as part of IPS’ team development program.
Conducted by Dr Sana Haroon, a renowned historian and associate professor at University of Massachusetts at Boston, the workshop aimed to capacitate the participants – comprising IPS’ research faculty – on the importance of oral history research in policy studies, how to plan an oral history project, how to prepare its questionnaire in order to extract the relevant information and then how to record, transcribe and archive the proceedings in an efficient manner.