tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525778292565554519.post2220149018922066737..comments2018-01-03T07:02:32.059-05:00Comments on Institutional Review Blog: More Universities Deregulate Oral HistoryZachary M. Schraghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07101709506166167477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525778292565554519.post-71797134521826330122010-04-27T09:56:30.637-04:002010-04-27T09:56:30.637-04:00In the UK it may depend on whether your oral histo...In the UK it may depend on whether your oral history is funded by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) or not. The ESRC rules require all the research it funds to go through ethics review, either by an NHS REC(if it's working on patients/doctors/records) or an University REC (most of which were set up in 2005 following the first edition of the ESRC's Research Ethics Framework: http://tinyurl.com/2uayvg6). So the answer is, as so often the cas ein the UK, sometimes you do, sometimes you don't...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706287966958638980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525778292565554519.post-31269012142424363942010-04-23T21:17:16.080-04:002010-04-23T21:17:16.080-04:00While many argue that anthropology and sociology s...While many argue that anthropology and sociology <em>should</em> not be subject to regulation, few dispute that they are, since that was the intent of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.<br /><br />The same commission fairly clearly did not intend to regulate journalism or oral history, and the university policies reflect that.Zachary M. Schraghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07101709506166167477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525778292565554519.post-76966902562984291722010-04-21T21:01:52.710-04:002010-04-21T21:01:52.710-04:00Has there been any talk about the relationship bet...Has there been any talk about the relationship between, on the one hand, "journalist interviews," "oral histories," and the others on the list, and on the other hand, "open-ended interviews" that anthropologists and sociologists sometimes find themselves doing?Danhttp://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525778292565554519.post-9775185352965944182010-04-08T12:29:17.345-04:002010-04-08T12:29:17.345-04:00I am unaware of any UK universities that have simi...I am unaware of any UK universities that have similar policies. Nor am I aware of UK universities that explicitly require review of oral history projects.Zachary M. Schraghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07101709506166167477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525778292565554519.post-27783830624391724332010-04-07T13:39:51.865-04:002010-04-07T13:39:51.865-04:00...but still none in the UK?...but still none in the UK?Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448174962889473132noreply@blogger.com