總統口述歷史通常僅限於記錄政府官員及其身邊人的回憶。與此不同，本研究力求打破以總統為中心的視角，聚焦於政府內外人士的經驗與互動。透過這種方式，《歐巴馬總統口述歷史》捕捉了多元的觀點，揭示了掌權者與受影響者之間的關係。
本研究的另一個獨特之處在於，它關注第一夫人及其政策議程，並著重探討總統入主白宮前的早期生活和工作。此外，《歐巴馬總統口述歷史》的發展時間也相對較近。田野調查始於2019年，距離歐巴馬總統最後一屆任期結束不到三年。
哥倫比亞大學
歷經6年研究，完成450餘次訪談，錄製1100小時音頻和視頻，收錄12699個故事。非凡的歐巴馬總統口述歷史今日正式發布。
該計畫由哥倫比亞大學Incite研究所製作，是歐巴馬總統任期的官方口述歷史。了解更多：
Obama PresidencyOral History
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- Terrell FrazierLead Interviewer
- Evan D. McCormickAssociate Research Scholar
- Nicole R. HemmerAssociate Research Scholar
- Dov Weinryb GrohsgalAssociate Research Scholar
- William McAllisterSenior Research Scholar
- Coleman SherryResearch and Editorial Assistant
- Julius WilsonResearch and Editorial Assistant
- Gloria MogangoDigital Humanities Fellow
- Funded byColumbia University's Office of the President
- In Cooperation withObama Foundation
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In 2019, Incite Institute and the Columbia Center for Oral History Research were selected by the Obama Foundation to conduct the official oral history of the Obama presidency.
Since then, we have conducted over 450 interviews with officials, activists, artists, organizers, and extraordinary people from all walks of life. These in-depth interviews, often conducted over multiple sessions, represent roughly 1,100 hours of audio and video that together form a comprehensive record of the Obama years.
Presidential oral histories usually confine themselves to recording the memories of administration officials and those in their immediate orbits. By contrast, this study seeks to decenter the presidency and center the experiences and interactions of people both inside and outside of the administration. In doing so, the Obama Presidency Oral History captures a multitude of standpoints and reveals the relationships between those with power and those who experience and influence that power.
This study is further distinguished by its attention to the First Lady and her policy agenda, as well as its focus on the President’s early life and work prior to entering the White House. In addition, the Obama Presidency Oral History was conducted in relatively recent memory. Starting in 2019, fieldwork began just under three years after President Obama’s final term.
Public release
In May 2023, we concluded our fieldwork and began previewing the archive with a limited release of interviews related to climate change and the environment. To accompany the release, we held a panel and preview event in New York City.
Along with the event, we also launched an innovative digital archive that has been described by MSNBC as the greatest presidential oral history of all time. This archive has made several breakthroughs in digital oral history archiving. A core innovation is the development of stories—moments in interviews that are identified from instances where narrators discuss a common topic, person, policy, place, or organization at length. Using a combination of close reading and statistical methods, our team has identified thousands of stories and their overlaps, allowing users to easily explore and compare different perspectives. More than 1,700 of these stories are now available to explore on the study's website.
In March 2024, we continued our release with a special tranche on healthcare reform. To date, ten percent of the collection has been made available to the public. When the study is fully released, interviews will be made available through the Columbia University Libraries, the Obama Foundation, as well as our digital archive. As the Obama Presidency Oral History becomes publicly available, it will serve as a resource for policymakers, students, activists, artists, journalists, historians, and the general public.
To explore the study and learn about future releases, visit the Obama Presidency Oral History digital archive.
Related Works
Chris Pandza, "Redesigning oral history archives with artificial intelligence", University College London, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, January 20, 2025
Liz Strong, Chris Pandza, "The Obama Presidency Oral History", Extra! by Oral History Review, October 24, 2024
Chris Pandza, "Reimagining oral history archives with artificial intelligence", Northeastern Public Humanities Consortium at Yale University, April 13, 2024
Peter Baker, "Obama Feared a ‘One-Term Presidency’ After Passing Health Care Law", The New York Times, March 22, 2024
Evan D. McCormick, Terrell Frazier, Liz Strong, "Obama Presidency Oral History Interviewing", Columbia Center for Oral History Research Summer Institute, June 22, 2023
Liz Strong, "Managing and Organizing the Obama Presidency Oral History", Columbia Center for Oral History Research Summer Institute, June 21, 2023
Ja'han Jones, "Obama Presidency Oral History project is the G.O.A.T.", MSNBC, June 2, 2023
Incite Institute at Columbia University, "Obama Presidency Oral History Digital Archive", May 31, 2023
Incite Institute at Columbia University, "The Obama Presidency Inside-Out: A Conversation About Climate", May 31, 2023
Peter Baker, "What a New Oral History Reveals About Obama, and the Tradeoffs He Made", The New York Times, May 31, 2023
Jim Ambuske, Evan D. McCormick, "Recording an Oral History of the Obama Presidency with Evan D. McCormick", George Washington Podcast, October 29, 2020
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