Editing Oral history (section)

=== In Spain ===
Because of repression in [[Francoist Spain]] (1939–75), the development of oral history in Spain was quite limited until the 1970s. It became well-developed in the early 1980s, and often had a focus on the Civil War years (1936–39), especially regarding the ones who lost the war and whose stories had been suppressed. At the University of Barcelona, Professor {{ill|Mercedes Vilanova|es|Mercedes Vilanova Ribas}} was a leading scholar, who combined oral history with her interest in quantification and social history. Barcelona scholars sought to integrate oral sources with traditional written sources to create mainstream, not ghettoized, historical interpretations. They sought to give a public voice to neglected groups, such as women, illiterates, political leftists, and ethnic minorities.<ref>Mercedes Vilanova, "The Struggle for a History without Adjectives: A Note on Using Oral Sources in Spain", ''Oral History Review'' (1997) 24#1 pp. 81-90 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3675398 in JSTOR]</ref> In 1987, at Universidade De Santiago de Compostela, Marc Wouters and Isaura Varela started an oral history project focused on the Spanish Civil War, exile, and migration. The project explored victims of the war and the Francoist Dictatorship and includes 2100 interviews and 800 hours of audio.