You are going to conduct an oral interview about changes in sports and leisure practices in the UAE with another Emirati
and write up your findings in the form of an academic report.
Background
1. Watch the video, Why do Oral history? available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sOmEpj2STM. You may also want to
watch some other videos in the series to help you organize your project.
2. Read the information about the UAE’s National Center for Documentation and Research’s Oral History and Genealogical
Study Section, available at: http://www.ncdr.ae/oralhistory/Index.html
3. Read the article, 72-year-old Emirati tries to keep the games of yore alive, available at:
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/72-year-old-emirati-tries-to-keep-the-games-of-yore-alive.
4. Explore UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage website, available at: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00001.
Focus on the Lists and Register section, available at: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00559
Activity
1. Produce a questionnaire which focuses on change and continuity in sports and leisure practices in the UAE. Use the
course’s learning outcomes to frame your thinking.
2. Find a suitable subject to interview. Your interviewee needs to be at least 50 years old. You can conduct your
interview in Arabic. You do not need to transcribe the whole interview but you must transcribe any of his/her specific
answers to your interview questionnaire that you use in your report in English.
3. Digitally record the interview.
4. Get his/her written permission to use the information in the interview and/or questionnaire in your report i.e. sign
the Research Consent Form.
5. Based on the interview, write up your findings focusing on change and continuity in sports and leisure practices in
the UAE.
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