Thesis (Th. D.)--Concordia Seminary, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 324-340).

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 269-278).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1980. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 68).

Oral tradition is the knowledge a society perpetuates through spoken means in order to make them reach present and future generations. The richness, complexity and dynamism of these contents, as well as the one of those elements associated to their (re)production, turn them into cultural expressions of an undeniable value. The pressure of written systems and mass media push oral tradition to stand serious threatens to its survival. Even if there are countless institutions of memory management -libraries, archives, documentation centers- working on this non-material heritage, a deep analysis of the real importance of this work is lacking. This paper presents some concepts on oral tradition and its features, exposing the necessary techniques for its collection and stating several questions concerning its future and its relation with librarianship. From a continent where orality played and plays a strong role in the building of popular cultures, it is expected that LIS professionals will develop a more active role in its recovery and spread, in order to not allowing silence to destroy those voices telling their stories from the dawn of time.

Latin American indigenous populations are fragile human miracles, trying to survive and perpetuate their menaced cultural heritage and way of life -including more than 250 languages- under the pressure of a predominantly Euro-American society. Their traditional knowledge is the product of centuries of experiences, and is mainly transmitted through oral and artistic expressions, unstable means mainly based on the correct use of memory. The collection of oral tradition and its management in libraries and archives is not widely spread in Latin America, even if there are some previous experiences on this issue. Oral-archiving techniques and tools have been highly developed and used with other social sectors all around the continent, but native peoples have been longly neglected or even forgotten. Meanwhile, with every old person who dies in the aboriginal communities, a whole library just vanishes. This paper is aimed at presenting a brief introduction to oral archives and indigenous knowledge in Latin America, emphasizing the urgent necessity of designing stronger and wider research policies for libraries, universities and governmental institutions. The author also presents some ideas and proposals, based in his own work (2002-2005) developing a network of libraries with sound collections in indigenous communities in northern Argentina.

La historia y la cultura de los vencedores y los dominantes son las que permanecen y las que se perpetúan, usando como medio los soportes escritos. La voz de los olvidados, los vencidos y los silenciados raras veces se escucha, y pocas veces trasciende sus ámbitos de producción. Dentro de estos espacios, la tradición oral oficia de principal medio de transmisión, conservando, de boca en boca y de generación en generación, un inmenso patrimonio histórico y cultural compuesto por un número infinito de ideas y experiencias individuales y grupales. Pocas veces considerada como elemento de trabajo por parte de bibliotecas y archivos, la oralidad está siendo reconsiderada a partir del valor dado por organismos internacionales al patrimonio cultural intangible, la diversidad, la identidad, las lenguas amenazadas, las minorías y el multiculturalismo. El artículo presenta algunas consideraciones básicas sobre la temática –desde una perspectiva latinoamericana- y lineamientos generales de trabajo que orienten la labor de recuperación de materiales orales.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-62)

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on September 12, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis, PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 25).