We are thrilled to share the first episode of the Conversations4Citizenship podcast with you.
In the research into digital storytelling, Poletti (2020:12) asserted, 'scholars have ignored the many complex ways that humans attempt to make their lives meaningful and legible to others'. Reflecting on this, we aim to explore new ways of speaking and sharing stories with people across the world, focused on our shared interest and expertise, which is citizenship and human rights education. Every month, we hope to explore burning educational topics through real conversations with practitioners and researchers who are knowledgeable about the field. Through these informal chats (over tea!), we hope to learn from our guests and each other.
The Conversations4Citizenship podcast team is made up of four educator-researchers: Adam, Kamille, Rowena, and Stella. Each episode, we hope to invite guests from across the world who can share their unique perspectives on issues related to citizenship and human rights education. Together we hope to explore past conceptions of citizenship and human rights, how present understandings impact us now, and what it should look like in the future. For each episode, we also supply a list of suggested readings (see below for this episode's list). For this first episode, however, we start by introducing ourselves and our own journeys as citizenship education researchers.
We hope you enjoy listening to this podcast! Please subscribe through Apple, Google, Spotify or Amazon Music! You can also follow @c4c_ed on Twitter and let us know how we're doing, or whether you have any suggestions for future topics; we look forward to hearing your feedback and your stories. If you would like explore the possibility of participating in our podcast, do not hesitate to reach out through the online participation form or email us at conversations4citizenship@gmail.com
List of further readings