Open research questions in Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis
322 gap statements mined from Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 3,618 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.
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What the literature leaves open
Future research should continue to explore the intersection of equity, social justice, and information diversity. Future research should investigate the impact of technology on social inclusion and equity. Future research should examine the role of libraries in promoting social justice and equity.
There is a need for more research on the intersection of equity, social justice, and information diversity. There is a need for more inclusive library environments. There is a need for more diverse and representative collections in libraries.
The need for a comprehensive approach to the interwar period without eurocentrism. The lack of a collection of essays that approach the interwar period as an era of disrupted globalization.
Further research could explore the development of French-Japanese relations beyond the specified period. It could analyze the impact of French policy on Japan's relations with other world powers.
It highlights the need for a more detailed analysis of the historical context.
There is a need to understand the history and legacy of the Seattle Union Record. The archives of the Union Record are a crucial resource for understanding the American labor movement.
The lack of understanding of the method's effectiveness in contemporary urban sociology. The need to refine the method's contemporary application. The limitation of the method in terms of demographic diversity.
Rediscovering Znaniecki: researchers’ and participants’ experiences with the memoir-writing competition method in urban identity studies · 2026 · DOIFurther research could explore the medal's impact on children's literature in more depth. The history of other children's literature awards could be examined. The diversity of winners and the selection process could be studied in more detail.
The paper does not identify a specific research gap, but rather provides a historical overview of the Newbery Medal. The medal's history and impact on children's literature are not well-documented in existing research.
Further research could explore how birth locations influence book settings. The study of demographics of authors could be expanded to other literary awards.
Further research could explore the impact of the Geisel Award on the literary world and the reading habits of beginning readers. Further research could investigate the characteristics of quality books for beginning readers.
What has the Bicentennial contributed to our com munity? What have Lewis and Clark brought to us this time? A look on the shelves of our local bookstores and libraries could lead us to conclude that one purpose of the Bicentennial must have been to foster and organize a collective research project into an important, insufficiently understood period of American history.
Future research could explore the effectiveness of interdisciplinary teaching approaches in different contexts. It could investigate the impact of such approaches on student learning outcomes.
The gap is the lack of connection between different courses of study. The gap is the need for interdisciplinary teaching approaches that engage students and faculty in meaningful discussions.
Is ‘alternation’ enhanced, even generated by the desire to limit and even exclude clocktime, and to either be lost in the flow ofactivity or to ‘measure’ it in some non-quantitative way? Such attitudes, anxieties and desires need to be studied in and of themselves, as important features of and responses to modern industrial society and clockwork culture.
Lived Time and Clockwork Culture: Elliot Jaques and the Study of Time in the Human Sciences · 1987 · DOIThere is a need to make people in business aware of the utility of history. There is a need to understand how to conduct historical research for optimum impact upon decision making.
The shift to 'cafeteria-style' degrees may pose challenges for educators and policymakers. The potential decline of the subject of history in universities may require changes in resource allocation. The author's pessimism about the future of higher education may inform decisions about curriculum design.
Often the objection is raised that the resources are lacking; the local church does not have the experts, theologians, seminaries, or institutes needed to formulate a response to an ecumenical text such as BEM or the Final Report.
There was a need for a forum for historians to exchange ideas about the value of computing. There was a lack of awareness among historians of the potential of computing technology.
Letters, News, and Announcements: Report on History and Computing: The Westfield Conference, March 21–23, 1986 · 1986 · DOIThe lack of interest in libraries among Australians. The limited development of rate-supported municipal libraries. The lack of services for certain groups such as children and the aged.
The author's main thesis is not consistently applied. The monograph's description of medieval warfare is practically limited to the period up to around 1500.
The paper identifies other disadvantaged groups that have not been touched by this work, such as the mentally and physically handicapped, the unemployed, and ethnic minorities.
The study identifies a gap in understanding the personality development of Lou Henry Hoover. The research aims to fill this gap by examining the factors that influenced her development.
Further research could be done on the significance of the Baldwin Library - The library could be used to study historical children's literature - The Bechtel Fellowship could be used to support further…
The paper identifies a gap in understanding the implications of the changes in university history teaching. The author expresses concerns about the future of higher education.
Most-cited papers in Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis
- The Collapse of Sensemaking in Organizations: The Mann Gulch Disaster · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1993 · 3,354 citations
- The Life History Calendar: A Technique for Collecting Retrospective Data · Sociological Methodology · 1988 · 545 citations
- Some Methodological Issues in Cohort Analysis of Archival Data · American Sociological Review · 1973 · 490 citations
- Breaking Records and Breaking Boards · American Mathematical Monthly · 1978 · 465 citations
- New Life for Old Ideas: The "Second Wave" of Sequence Analysis Bringing the "Course" Back Into the Life Course · Sociological Methods & Research · 2010 · 452 citations
- Bringing history (back) into international business · Journal of International Business Studies · 2006 · 332 citations
- The Past and the Present in the Present · Man · 1977 · 286 citations
- The Past as a Scarce Resource · Man · 1981 · 275 citations
- Identifying Identity: A Semantic History · Journal of American History · 1983 · 244 citations
- Timeline interviews: A tool for conducting life history research · Qualitative Studies · 2012 · 238 citations
Most recent work
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- The Uses of the American Communal Past: Keynote Address for the Tenth Annual Historic Communal Societies Conference, New Harmony, Indiana, October 13, 1983 · Communal Societies · 2026
- Adorno-Vorlesungen18. bis 20. November 2026 Melinda Cooper, Australian National University, Canberra Anachronism in our Times · WestEnd · 2026
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- AnthroNow Digital Archive (2015): Rasanblaj Continua Interview · Anthropology Now · 2026
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