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Heritage By Design
by Heritage By Design
In this podcast, we connect with heritage speakers and signers from different backgrounds to explore our stories and experiences at home, work, and in the world in general to build up our community and show the struggles and the beauty of being heritage by design.
Episodes
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Episode 37: Walking in different shoes: Rethinking mixed heritage language classrooms
Meagan and Gaby reflect on their experiences learning Greek as non-heritage learners and the new lens these experiences give us for viewing heritage language education. In this episode, we discuss how our own language learning as non-heritage speakers of Greek has influenced our understanding of...
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Episode 36: Prepping for the fall: Getting ready for community-based heritage language courses
Gaby and Meagan discuss ways that HL educators can prepare for fall heritage community- and project-based courses now and make innovative heritage courses more feasible. Have any other tips or advice to add? Leave us a comment or send us an email at [email protected] - we love to...
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Episode 35: Addressing misconceptions in HLE
Meagan and Gaby address some of the most prominent misconceptions of heritage speakers, both in- and outside the classroom, and discuss how to change and push back against some of these ideas. Have a misconception to add to the list? Drop us a comment!
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Episode 34: Public health and the assets of heritage language
In this episode, we chat with Sophia, a heritage speaker and pre-med student majoring in Spanish and Public Health. She shares her journey navigating heritage language learning, finding community in heritage Spanish classes, and preparing for a future in medicine. Together, we discuss healthcare...
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Episode 33: Heritage for the Holidays
Gaby and Meagan share the advice they gathered from heritage speakers across languages to enjoy the holiday season and feel good in their heritage roots and language with family and friends. Wishing everyone a happy holiday season!
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Episode 32: Well-Being in Heritage: Healing and Forgiveness
In this episode, Meagan and Gaby explore what well-being means in the context of heritage language learning. From intergenerational trauma to compassion and forgiveness, they discuss how understanding the past can help heritage speakers and signers move toward healing and flourishing in their...
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Episode 31: Heritage in Pop Culture Series: One Day at a Time
Starting out a series on heritage languages in pop culture, Meagan and Gaby comment on themes from the popular Latinx remake of One Day at a Time, starring Rita Moreno and Justina Machado. Topics include cultural heritage, mental health, and language use within Spanish heritage communities, as…
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Episode 30: Scottish Gaelic with Paul Meighan-Chiblow
Join us for a new season with Paul Meighan-Chiblow, Indigenous heritage speaker of Scottish Gael. Paul tells us about his journey learning his heritage language, and the emotional ups and downs of maintaining an Indigenous language, including working through historical traumas, celebrating family...
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Episode 29: In-group challenges in heritage language studies
Meagan and Gaby chat about the challenges that exist for in-group scholars in heritage language studies. Representation, positionality statements, allyship, and community-building, this episode dives into creating a field by and for the heritage community.
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Episode 28: Andre Simons on the CODA community in the DMV (DC Series)
Andre shares his experiences as a Child of Deaf Adults (CODA), his advocacy work as a student at Gallaudet University, and on Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and ASL communities in the DMV. This episode is sponsored by HumanitiesDC! :) *This is the audio-only version of the episode - head to our YouTube...
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Episode 27: Teaching in Bilingual Schools with Claudia Zurita (DC Edition)
In this episode, we chat with Claudia Zurita, a Spanish-English bilingual elementary teacher in the DMV. She shares her own experience moving to the US from Bolivia as a child, her transition into teaching, and her work now within a bilingual education setting. This episode is sponsored by...
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Episode 26: Healthcare Literacy, Awareness, and Advocacy within the Ethiopian Community: A Chat with Mahalet Samson (DC Edition)
In this episode, Mahalet Samson tells us about her work in healthcare awareness and literacy with Ethiopian, Eritrean, and the larger African American community in the DMV. Tune in to hear how her Amharic language and heritage culture have helped her to build trust and make an impact within the...
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Episode 25: Heritage for the Holidays!
Join us for an episode on the hybrid experiences we live during the holiday season as heritage speakers between cultures. Happy holiday season!
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Episode 24: It's never too late: Heritage language learning in retirement
In this episode, we chat with Dennis Georgatos, a heritage speaker of Greek, about his journey reconnecting with his roots. From his early experiences as a child of immigrants to his decision to take Greek classes in retirement, Dennis reflects on how his relationship with his heritage has…
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Episode 23: Yilin Zhang on Heritage, Advocacy, and Community (DC Special Edition)
In this episode, we chat with Yilin Zhang about her experiences navigating her cultural identity as a Chinese American woman, her political advocacy, and her involvement in organizations that uplift Asian American voices. Tune in to learn more about her work at the Chinese American Museum, her...
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Episode 22: Returning to the heritage country series: Replanting roots in El Salvador with Juan Manuel Menjívar
Join us for the third episode in our "Returning to the heritage country" series to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Juan Manuel Menjívar talks about returning to a changed El Salvador after so many years and with his own family now. He touches on post-war progress, language schooling for the…
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Episode 21: Mentorship and representation in heritage language teaching
Join us with Professor Linda Lemus as she shares her experiences and tips for mentoring and supporting heritage speakers both in- and outside the classroom.
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Episode 19: Mini interpreters save the day: Heritage speakers and language brokering
Meagan, Jade, and Gaby talk about their experiences interpreting and translating for their parents and grandparents and the pride and pressure that comes with this language brokering. Have you had a similar experience? Drop a comment and subscribe for more!
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Episode 20: Celebrating Pride
Pablo talks about his queer identity as a Cantonese-Hoisanese heritage speaker in Canada. He brings together his many identities and touches on religion, language, and family. Join us for this special episode to celebrate pride month!
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Episode 18: Negotiating heritage language after civil war: A search for belonging in a language that is no more
Join us for a chat with our first European guest, Ivan Rašić, whose family fled from Yugoslavia to Austria in the 1990s during civil war. In today's episode, Ivan walks through some historical background of Yugoslavia's language context, as well as his personal experience growing up in Austria as…
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Episode 17: The power of a refugee heritage in community advocacy
Join us for a chat with Tram Nguyen, founder and co-executive director of New Virginia Majority, as she shares how her Vietnamese-American background led her to a career in advocacy and community leadership. Find out how her refugee background and heritage perspective on major life and world…
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Episode 16: Falling into a language career
Join Gaby, Meagan, and Jade as they discuss their paths from speaking heritage languages to teaching them to others. What does one have to study in order to do that? Have they always wanted to teach language? Listen and find out!
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Episode 15: Aloha can change the world: Honoring Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian Language Month
Join us for a chat with Haʻalilio Solomon to honor and celebrate Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi - Hawaiian Language Month! From the history of revitalization and maintenance efforts, ways towards allyship, and grassroots efforts and organizations in Hawaiʻi, Haʻa shares his own background and gives us a...
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Episode 14: Returning to the heritage country series: A week in Indonesia with Raymond Pai
Join us for the second episode in our "Returning to the heritage country" series! Raymond Pai tells us about his travels back to Indonesia - language, food, family, and lots of nostalgia - and his new motivations to return again soon. :) With a nod to our Cantonese-speaking listeners, too!
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Episode 13: Weighing in on the "no sabo" trend: A heritage perspective
In this episode, Alejandra Gutierrez joins us to cover the "no sabo" trend that has hit social media. She talks about the issues that "no sabo," or similar terms like "juk sing" in Chinese, have on heritage communities and how we're claiming the term as our own.
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Episode 12: "I'm not a tree": A diplomatic path to heritage roots
Join us this episode as we hear from Paula Gobbi, a diplomat's daughter and Argentine heritage speaker of Spanish. Paula shares how she has experienced her heritage language and culture in the different countries and the adaptability and resilience she has developed as a result of her global...
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Episode 11: Returning to the heritage country: The twists and turns we come across
Join Meagan, Jade, and Gaby as they talk about their experiences with returning to their heritage countries. From honeymoon phases and excitement to the challenges and frustrations that come up along the way, they cover the many feelings and curiosities of heritage country travels.
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Episode 10: Finding our voice in grad school and beyond: Coping with the messiness of heritage
In this episode, Meagan and Gaby chat about their graduate and professional experiences as heritage speakers in language studies programs. They touch on the challenges they have learned to cope through, how they found their voice and confidence, and the support systems that have carried them...
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Episode 9: Savoring my heritage identity: A recipe to a Chinese-American baker
Join us in this episode, where we chat with Rachel Lo, a Chinese-American baker based in LA. Rachel has found different cultural flavors, textures, and both ambivalence and victory by adding elements of her heritage to her recipes. A first in her family, Rachel shares her experience learning how…
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Episode 8: Heritage speakers: Reclaiming the label
What's in a label? Can a group exist and grow without one? In this episode, Gaby, Jade, and Meagan talk about the heritage speaker label, including the complications and benefits that having a label can create socially, professionally, and academically.
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Episode 7: Heritage raising heritage: Passing language on to a third generation
Join us this episode, where we chat with Amanda, a heritage speaker of Polish and mother to a Polish-Greek heritage baby! She shares her experiences with her Polish community, how she managed to pick up her husband's heritage Greek, and tips for raising a multilingual child. Thanks for listening! :)
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Episode 6: Hungry for heritage: One author's journey connecting with Cantonese through writing and food
Join us this episode for AAPI Heritage Month as we hear from Jenny Liao, author and heritage speaker of Cantonese, as she shares her experiences learning to embrace her heritage through writing and food. From tips for budding authors to her favorite Cantonese treats, come see how Jenny has turned...
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Episode 5: Intersecting Gujarati, Swahili, and Urdu: A Performer and Educator’s Story
In this episode, we chat with our first guest Asif Majid to learn about his background growing up in a family enriched with cultural and language identities from around East Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Listen along as we discuss and learn about the influence of Asif's work on Islam and...
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Episode 4: Wait. . . I'm a heritage speaker?! Discovering the Argentine in Argentine-American
In this episode, we chat with our co-host Meagan about her path to discovering her heritage identity and her experiences learning Spanish. Come listen as we talk about the grandparent influence on heritage languages, the weight of being bilingual in certain spaces, racial passing, multilingualism...
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Episode 3: The long and winding road from China to New York City: A big move for a little kid
In this episode, we chat with one of our hosts, Jade, about her childhood moves from China to Michigan to New York City and her experiences learning English and holding onto her home languages. Come hear about the path she took to teaching Taishanese and Cantonese, and check out her new book…
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Episode 2: Growing up a heritage speaker: A Mexican-American experience
In this episode, we chat with one of our hosts, Gaby, about her Mexican-American, bilingual experiences. Identity, language, family dynamics - we talk about it all!
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Episode 1: Who are heritage speakers?
In this episode, Gaby, Jade, and Meagan explore the heritage speaker community, their own identities as heritage speakers, and the joys and struggles that come with being a heritage speaker.
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In this podcast, we connect with heritage speakers and signers from different backgrounds to explore our stories and experiences at home, work, and in the world in general to build up our community and show the struggles and the beauty of being heritage by design.
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In this podcast, we connect with heritage speakers and signers from different backgrounds to explore our stories and experiences at home, work, and in the world in general to build up our community and show the struggles and the beauty of being heritage by design.
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