Research on the Construction of Oral History Digital Archives and Conditions Pertaining to Putting Oral Histories on the Web

本研究的目的是建立数位档案，作为日本口述历史的收集和存档手段，并对将口述历史放到网路上的法律和伦理考量进行研究。前两年，2004-2005年，主要用于从口述历史数字存档领域的先进机构收集数据。在日本口述历史协会的共同赞助下，连续举办了两次由美国主讲人参加的研讨会。这两个项目不仅为调查人员，而且为来自日本各地的口述历史学家提供了关于这一主题的实际学习经验。在2004-2005年期间，首席调查员访问了新加坡国家档案馆，并参加了加州大学高级口述历史暑期学院。她还在美国口述历史数字档案事业的先驱NPO Densho接受了培训，并以调查人员在国际上获得的知识为基础，将最后一年（2006年）用于在网络上实际建设北成数字档案（HDA）。首席调查员为了正确地进行档案采访访问了美国，并于2006年参加了两次国际会议，报告了将口述历史放在网上的承诺和危险。研究结果在最终报告中公布，详细介绍了我们在这项科研资助的三年中所进行的所有项目(C)。

The objectives of this research are to construct digital archives as a means of collecting and archiving oral histories in Japan as well as to conduct research on legal and ethical considerations in putting oral histories on the web.The first two years, 2004-2005, were spent mainly on collecting data from advanced institutions in the field of digital archiving of oral histories. Two consecutive workshops were organized with the speakers from the U.S., both of which were co-sponsored by the Japan Oral History Association. The two programs provided not only the investigators but oral historians from all over Japan with a hands-on learning experience on the subject. During 2004-2005, the head investigator visited Singapore National Archive, and attended the University of California Advanced Oral History Summer Institute. She was also trained at NPO Densho, a forerunner of oral history digital archive projects in the U.S.Based on the knowledge which investigators had acquired internationally, the final year, 2006, was spent on actual construction of Hokusei Digital Archive (HDA) on the web. The head investigator visited the U.S. in order to properly conduct interviews for the archive, and attended two international conferences in 2006, reporting on the promises and perils of putting oral histories on the web. Research results are published in the final report, detailing all the programs we have conducted in the three years with this grant-in-aid for scientific research (C).