口述史是采访者与讲述者经过口述对话合作完成的。主要负责提供资料的讲述者的自我意识及记忆都是不确定的因素,采访者需要克服这些因素。而采访者与讲述者不同的身份带来的对话中的不同地位也会影响到访谈的进行及结果。口述史的最终面貌即是二者彼此主张又妥协合作的结果。
Oral history is completed with the cooperation between the interviewer the narrator through dialogue. The self-awareness and memory of the narrator who is responsible for providing material, are both uncertainties, which need to be overcome by the interview. While different identities of the interviewer and narrator make them stay in different statuses, which also influences the process and results of the interview. The final look of the oral history is the consequence of inter- action and cooperation between them