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Life Stories: History, Culture, Society (LV)

The creation of the book reflects the process of oral history research, in which a conference of a similar name brought a new milestone. In 2003, researchers of oral history from 14 countries met in the hall of the University of Latvia in Riga. The …

Empathy and Healing: Essays in Medical and Narrative Anthropology (ENG)

This volume presents ethnographic studies of South Wales, Maharashtra and post-Soviet Latvia connected by a theoretical interest in healing, emotion and subjectivity.

Oral History Sources of Latvia: History, Culture, Society Through Life Stories (ENG)

A Selected Collection of Latvian Life Stories

The life story of a submarine captain (LV)

Hugo Legzdins was born on December 7, 1903. By living an intense, active life, he responds to everything he feels connected to. He is independent, demanding of himself and others. In his lifetime he has not accumulated any wealth other than what, in …

Mirror: Oral History in Latvia (LV)

The first collection of articles dedicated to the methodology of oral history in Latvia.

The Testimony of Lives: Narrative and Memory in Post-Soviet Latvia (ENG)

This text is both a personal account of a homecoming and an anthropology of a people trying to come to terms with its past and to face an uncertain future.