Across the Meadows
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Crossing boundaries and connecting histories, 'Across the Meadows' is a podcast where Cambridge scholars and friends reflect on their educational journeys and their evolving sense of belonging—at the University of Cambridge and in the world.
Hosted by Anna Maria Del Fiorentino, a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Education, each episode is recorded in the open air of Grantchester Meadows—a place loved by many across generations. Seated among the grasses, guests share stories of how identity, memory, and aspiration shape their lives, studies, and futures.
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The podcast explores themes of identity, belonging, and educational journeys, with episodes featuring personal narratives about the intersection of memory and aspiration. For instance, Heidy M. Pérez-Cordero discusses her experiences as an immigrant and a heritage language teacher, focusing on cultural bridging and the challenges faced by immigrant educators in the UK.
Crossing boundaries and connecting histories, ‘Across the Meadows’ is a podcast where Cambridge scholars and friends reflect on their educational journeys and their evolving sense of belonging—at the University of Cambridge and in the world.
Hosted by Anna Maria Del Fiorentino, a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Education, each episode is recorded in the open air of Grantchester Meadows—a place loved by many across generations. Seated among the grasses, guests share stories of how identity, memory, and aspiration shape their lives, studies, and futures.
In this episode of Across the Meadows, I speak with ewa nïara, Railine Simões Gomes, and Wertton Matias, visiting scholars from Brazil at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, as part of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme. Supported by the Abdias Nascimento exchange programme (CAPES), they share their research, trajectories, and experiences of being in Cambridge. This conversation is conducted in Portuguese.Recorded in Grantchester Meadows over two days (17 and 18 March), this conversation brings together perspectives from anthropology, education, language, and the arts. Across the discussion, questions of ancestrality, identity, and knowledge emerge not only as themes, but as lived and embodied experiences that shape their work.We reflect on what it means to move across academic and geographical spaces while remaining connected to one’s histories, communities, and ways of knowing.Hosted by Anna Maria Del Fiorentino.
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