Note: Deadline for abstracts 14 December
Oral History@Work: recording change in working lives: 5-6 July 2019
at Swansea University, Singleton Campus
The Annual Conference of the Oral History Society
in association with Llafur and Britain at Work, supported and hosted by Swansea University.
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The profound change in working lives over the last sixty years
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How gender, race, class, disability and health have affected employment opportunities and experiences
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The effects of changing conditions of employment on working lives
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The impacts of changing technologies on the nature of work
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The interface between history, memory and identity as manifested in working lives
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The rewards and dangers of work
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Privatisation
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How new industries have affected occupational health and workplace solidarity
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The role of trade unions and experiences of industrial action
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The changing culture of work and workplaces
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Communities and work
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Worklessness and unemployment
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Work and migration
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Work and the environment
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Unpaid work
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The role of community projects, archives, museums and other heritage organisations in representing work and industrial history.
There will be a Welsh medium strand to the conference for contributions in the Welsh language. Simultaneous translation will be available for non-Welsh speakers.
Keynote speakers:
PROPOSALS
The deadline for submission of proposals is 14 December 2017. Each proposal should include: a title, an abstract of between 250-300 words,
your name (and the names of any co-presenters, panellists, etc), your institution or organisation, your email address, and a note of any particular requirements. Most importantly your abstract should demonstrate the use of oral history or personal testimony
and be directly related to the conference theme. Proposals that include audio playback are strongly encouraged.
Proposals should be emailed to the Dangerous Oral Histories Conference Administrator, Polly Owen, at
[log in to unmask]. They will be assessed anonymously by the conference organisers,
and presenters will be contacted in January/February 2018.
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