Witnesses to History

EP: 3 Recipes of History

What do your family recipes say about your ancestors and the world which they move through? How does food bond us together as communities, becoming a medium through which we express joy and sorrow, through which we celebrate and mourn? And how do the dishes that we cook reflect our history and culture, adapting and responding to war and conflict, loss and migration? Can food serve as a dynamic, constantly evolving record of our past?

EP: 02 Architects of History

Can a building be more than bricks and mortar? Can it be a story, a feeling, a memory? On this episode, I'll be speaking to people who use architecture to talk about history and the lives we have lived. For them a building is never just a building. 

EP: 01 Holders of History

What do you know of your own history? Where did you learn it? Can you trust what you know? Today, we're speaking to people who collect other people's histories, who allow these stories to complicate and expand their understanding of our identity and our shared past. But how does the oral historian work within the constraints of time and landscape of memory of politics and society to take on this daunting task?