Oral history, like all academic disciplines, exists in a constant state of evolution and self-examination.
As Mr. Kimmelman well knows, the Museum of Modern Art was founded on the assumption that its collection would be in a constant state of evolution and refinement.
Almost by definition it is in a constant state of evolution, a complex rolling skein of commerce, geopolitics, faddism and shifting belief systems.
Whether you perceive it or not, the ecosystem of aid and development entities is in a constant state of evolution – changing theory, changing practice, changing understanding about what it means to "help".
Beyond this simple approach, defining e-government is more difficult; it is in a constant state of evolution, and an enormous "gray literature" of white papers, consultation documents, consultancy reports, corporate brochures, and league tables has emerged.
What we may not be quite so clear about, however, is the way that the kormas and kedgerees of Mughlai and Madras cooking are themselves in a constant state of evolution, shifting and transforming themselves as they pick up flavours, ingredients, imagined degrees of smartness and fashionability from around the world - even, indeed, from the curry houses of Bradford or Southall.
That's why we like to do things early and that's why when it's time to talk about this publicly… We think that movies are in a constant state of change and evolution".
He explained that nature is in a constant state of flux and that evolution is an imperfect process that "at most...fleetingly approximates maximal biological fitness".
"Magazines are living, breathing things that are in a constant state of flux and in need of evolution".
Scholars who realized that every living language was in a constant state of flux studied all types of written records of modern European languages to determine the courses of their evolution.
