Oral History Activities in Electricity-Related Fields

—Overview of Status Quo—

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The IEEJ Committee on the History of Electrical Engineering has been conducting oral histories since the late 1990s. On the basis of this, seven electricity-related institutes (including the IEEJ) are now cooperating to promote oral histories. In this paper, the authors give an overview of pertinent activities. The paper includes ways of thinking about oral histories, interview procedures, and advantages and disadvantages of oral histories.