An exploration into the importance of grassroots family history: A Spanish/English language podcast

Luca Pinto
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For my Final Year Project as a BA in Modern Languages, I interviewed two family members interested in their ancestry to create a one-off podcast episode. I selected and moulded clips from these interviews to explore themes within the field of humanities, intertwining their oral accounts and histories of past ancestors with my academic research. Ultimately, exploring why amateur grassroots heritage can be valuable to individuals, and strengthen bonds within communities.

Episodes

  1. 07/09/2025

    “There’s beauty in creating something that can be shared across time”: an exploration into the importance of grassroots family history projects

    This English and Spanish language podcast explores the methods and motivations behind amateur family history projects and why they are valuable in the broader fields of heritage and family history studies. It is guided by audio samples taken from two interviews in which the participants discuss their research into their ancestors’ local history in León, Spain. It unpacks how they share their findings and the values that underpin their work. Este pódcast en inglés y español explora los métodos y las motivaciones que hay detrás de los proyectos de historia familiar realizados por personas no profesionales, y por qué son valiosos en los campos más amplios del patrimonio y los estudios de historia familiar. Está guiado por fragmentos de audio tomados de dos entrevistas en las que los participantes hablan sobre su investigación en torno a la historia local de sus antepasados en León, España. Analiza cómo comparten sus hallazgos y los valores que sustentan su trabajo.

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For my Final Year Project as a BA in Modern Languages, I interviewed two family members interested in their ancestry to create a one-off podcast episode. I selected and moulded clips from these interviews to explore themes within the field of humanities, intertwining their oral accounts and histories of past ancestors with my academic research. Ultimately, exploring why amateur grassroots heritage can be valuable to individuals, and strengthen bonds within communities.

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