Best Decolonising The Archive Podcasts (2024)

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Before The Light Fades 35:45

12d ago35:45

35:45

Natasha Walter on her mother's life of activism and resistance.By History Workshop

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Now Here 26:40

26d ago26:40

26:40

What is the future of common spaces and community gathering spots in the UK? At a time when so many spaces that once were shared are now either derelict or in private hands, when it can be difficult to find somewhere to gather with friends without buying a latte in order to do so, how might the future be different? How might we rethink our relation…

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No Longer The Forgotten War... 17:02

30d ago17:02

17:02

Ron Yardley served on HMS Belfast during the Korean War. Following a recent audience with King Charles at Buckingham Palace, the 92-year old veteran feels that the conflict is no longer 'the forgotten war', but he still has work to do in educating the younger generation about events on the Korean Peninsula in the early 1950s. Interview by Jonathan …

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The Jewish Hungarian Experience of The Holocaust - A Radio Walk with John Hajdu 44:03

1M ago44:03

44:03

Eighty years ago, on the 5th of April 1944, the Yellow Star Order was imposed on the Jewish population of Hungary - one of hundreds of anti-Jewish laws which led to the deportation and murder of over 400,000 Hungarian Jews. John Hajdu MBE, was 7-years old when he was imprisoned in the Budapest Ghetto, and his mother was sent to Mauthausen concentra…

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The Power of a Good Story... 22:14

1M ago22:14

22:14

Visitors and storytellers react to the latest Campfire Heritage Stories event at Chiltern Open Air Museum.

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Rosalux History 40:20

1M ago40:20

40:20

What possibilities do podcasts offer as vehicles for radical history? Albert Scharenberg of the Rosalux History podcast discusses.By History Workshop

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Heritage Stories 2024 at Chiltern Open Air Museum 48:58

1M ago48:58

48:58

Everything we do at Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) is about bringing history to life and stimulating the senses of our visitors. In our exhibits you can see, smell, and touch history, and storytelling is integral to our mission. Listen to the latest edition of Campfire Heritage Stories – an annual event when we gather to hear about the heritage an…

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Translating the French Revolution 1:13:43

2M ago1:13:43

1:13:43

How might we translate the French Revolution in ways that open it up to the 21st century?By History Workshop

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Workshop Of The World 40:42

2M ago40:42

40:42

A new collection of Raphael Samuel's essays illuminates 19th century Britain and the politics of "people's history".By History Workshop

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On Direct Action 29:56

3M ago29:56

29:56

What does the accidental death of an anarchist in London in 1894 tell us about forgotten histories of direct action?By History Workshop

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Archives, Archiving, And Decolonisation 48:20

5M ago48:20

48:20

What can two different stories of postcolonial archival practices tell us about memory, history-making, and decolonisation?By History Workshop

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Radio Walks - Interview with Paul Haley 28:06

5M ago28:06

28:06

"If you can't find a photograph within ten yards of where you are, you're not looking hard enough". Paul Haley has been a professional photographer all his working life. As the youngest ever Senior Photographer at Soldier magazine he was posted to the South Atlantic to document the Falklands War of 1982. He recorded more than 2000 images, now conse…

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The Horse Tamer of Grosvenor Square '68 40:56

5M ago40:56

40:56

What can a single image of a lone female protestor tell us about the "Battle of Grosvenor Square" in 1968?By History Workshop

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Dig Where You Stand 1:00:03

6M ago1:00:03

1:00:03

What can we learn from a 45-year-old Swedish manifesto that helped inspire the movement for workers' history?By History Workshop

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Gaza - does history matter? 17:10

6M ago17:10

17:10

To what extent does the history of Israel-Palestine inform the response to human suffering in present day Gaza? This discussion took place in Bristol on Saturday the 4th of November 2023 during a march and rally co-ordinated by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Jonathan Kempster of the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive spoke to Linzy Na Nakorn, a …

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Walking Against the Expulsive Environment 52:50

6M ago52:50

52:50

The political climate greeting refugees to the UK is no longer simply hostile - it is expulsive. David Herd explores.By History Workshop

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No Recourse To Public Funds 24:58

7M ago24:58

24:58

What lessons might the past hold for migrants seeking childcare in the UK but having No Recourse to Public Funds?By History Workshop

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The Russian Organ Scholar of Istanbul 8:15

7M ago8:15

8:15

Organist Sergei Lukashuk interviewed in the Crimean Memorial Church, Istanbul, by Jonathan Kempster. Recorded during the IASA Conference at Istanbul University, September 2023. www.achurchnearyou.com/church/33329/ 2023.iasa-web.org/

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She Who Struggles 1:11:55

7M ago1:11:55

1:11:55

Who do you think of when you hear the phrase “revolutionary women”? If you cast your mind back to the movers and shakers of the revolutions that marked the 20th century, what women’s names come to mind? Sorcha Thomson and others discuss their book She Who Struggles: Revolutionary Women Who Shaped the World.…

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Bad Gays 51:54

9M ago51:54

51:54

Histories of gay men, lesbians, queer and trans people often focus on the heroic. But what about the gay characters whose impact on history was far more ambiguous, or complicated, or out-and-out bad? Ben Miller and Huw Lemmey, hosts of the Bad Gays podcast and authors of Bad Gays: A Homosexual History, discuss what those complicated lives can tell …

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Rethinking Place in British Labour History 1:33:28

10M ago1:33:28

1:33:28

What do we mean, in post-Brexit Britain, when we talk about "ordinary working-class places"? Valerie Wright, Ewan Gibbs, and Diarmaid Kelliher explore.By History Workshop

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What Is Public History Now? 51:11

11M ago51:11

51:11

In September 2022, a group of public historians from outside and inside the academy met at London’s Birkbeck College in the heart of Bloomsbury to ask ‘What is public history now?’ In this special edition of the History Workshop Podcast, we explore the politics, the perils, and the possibilities of doing history in public.…

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Rethinking Gender in British Labour History 58:17

11M ago58:17

58:17

What happens to narratives of British labour history when we incorporate stories of women? Laura Schwartz and George Stevenson explore.By History Workshop

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Rethinking Race in British Labour History 1:15:08

1y ago1:15:08

1:15:08

To mark International Workers Day, we explore three forgotten moments in British history that spotlight the intertwined histories of labour and race.By History Workshop

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Decolonising Green Spaces - A Radio Walk in the Chilterns, with Dr Geeta Ludhra. 43:05

1y ago43:05

43:05

Dr Geeta Ludhra lives in the Chilterns, she is the daughter of first-generation South Asian parents who emigrated from India in the early 1960s. She is a Lecturer in Education at Brunel University, where she is also engaged in academic research. Geeta walked and talked with Jonathan Kempster at Chiltern Open Air Museum, telling the story of her lif…

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Spies For Peace 59:17

1y ago59:17

59:17

Sixty years after breaking into a government bunker to expose secret state planning for nuclear conflict, Nic Ralph speaks for the first time about an extraordinary piece of direct action that genuinely worked.By History Workshop

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A Century of Steam - P&O Heritage Archive Audio 41:53

1y ago41:53

41:53

A Century of Steam – from the sound collection of P&O Heritage Archive, a recently conserved copy of a BBC radio programme broadcast on the National Programme on the 6th of October 1937 to celebrate the Centenary of the P&O shipping line, (originally produced by Felix Felton). The audio material was recovered from eleven 12-inch acetate cellulose-l…

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Intimacy And Economic Life 1:12:12

1+ y ago1:12:12

1:12:12

What does it mean to write "intimate histories" of economic life? How might a focus on "the intimate" transform the way historians perceive and describe the economic past? Six scholars address those questions in this episode of the History Workshop podcast.By History Workshop

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Bureaucracy, Emotion, And Sexual Violence 1:10:28

1+ y ago1:10:28

1:10:28

How can historians meaningfully and ethically research past experiences of sexual violence? What tools do they need to uncover a subject so intensely emotive and yet often accessible only through sources employing the dry legal or clinical language of institutions and bureaucracies? Ruth Beecher and Rhian Keyse discuss in conversation with Marybeth…

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Your lived experiences matter 29:02

1+ y ago29:02

29:02

Alisha reflects on her investigation into archiving sparked by the Gwillim Archive and draws on her experiences as a journalist to help reframe the value of these letters and paintings from colonial-era India. To close out the podcast, Alisha turns to the present day, thinks about how we talk about lived experience and asks: Where does the responsi…

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