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PhDCastingQ6 Confirmation of Route Here We Come. Dr Sherezade Garcia Rangel, On the Hill PodcastQuarter Six: January 2020 - March 2020I present some of my work at the MeCCSA 2020 conference in Brighton. The “Confirmation of Route” process looms dangerously close, so I explain what that is and how it can be helpful. Sometimes called the PhD upgrade or Candidature Exam at other institutions it marks a point where your research so far is assessed to worthy of PhD status (or not!)I talk to Dr Sherezade Garcia Rangel, academic at Falmouth University School of Communication and creator of “On The Hill” podcast which documents the stories behind the gravestones at a cemete...2022-01-1047 min
On The HillS01 Episode 12: Jacques Goudstikker the Famous Jewish Art Dealer with Sherezade Garcia Rangel (Part II)In the second part of this season finale, Jewish Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker and his family secure passage on the S.S. Bodegraven alongside 258 refugees, some of which form part of the last Kindertransport to leave Europe and eventually land in the UK. Charlène von Sayer discusses the Goudstikker family’s escape, Jacques unfortunate death and how he came to be buried in Falmouth Cemetery and shares the process of reclaiming the Goudstikker Collection looted by the Nazis in World War II. How does Falmouth acknowledge the death of Jacques Goudstikker? What can we learn about war and...2021-05-141h 10On The HillS01 Episode 12: Jacques Goudstikker the Famous Jewish Art Dealer with Sherezade Garcia Rangel (Part I)On the 14th of May 1940 Jewish Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker and his family are trying to escape the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands by sea on the cargo ship S.S. Bodegraven. Jacques is carrying an inventory of the paintings and artwork from the legendary Goudstikker Collection. In Britain, Neville Chamberlain has lost his majority and resigns, leaving Winston Churchill in the post. The United Kingdom, alongside the Allies, are now directly involved in World War II. What was this crucial week like in May 1940s? How do minute decisions and their accrued recognition help a young Jewish...2021-05-1443 minOn The HillS01 Episode 11: Roy Coote and Boxing with Adrian MarkleIn the 1920s and 1930s the town of Penryn, Conrwall, was renowned for its boxing scene. A young local boy, Roy Coote, pursued his interest in the sport to help support his family. He would go on to fight on over 70 contests and secure a life as a tugboat skipper and competitive sailor for his family in Falmouth. What were the 1920s in this part of Cornwall? How did the Open Spaces Act of 1906 affect Falmouth’s cemeteries? And how does a young Cornish man straddle the need for security with the demands of life in this time?
2020-12-1855 minOn The HillS01 Episode 10: Maritime Painter Charles Napier Hemy RA with Sarah CaveOn May 1841 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Charles Napier Hemy is born. He would spend his early life trying to decide if his calling was in the church, at sea or in the service of art. By the time that he commits to painting, the British School was exploring nature and its evocative power, and gaining prominence across Europe. A renowned Falmouthian, Napier Hemy settles in the town and spends a lifetime capturing life by the coast and the sea. In this episode, we tell his story and weave the work of poet Sarah Cave through it, inspired by Charles...2020-11-2356 minOn The HillS01 Episode 09: George Kerswell Sheaff and the HMS Ganges with Amy LilwallOn November 1899, a man jumps off a yacht to save someone who has fallen into the water. His name was George Kerswell Sheaff, from Portwrinkle, Cornwall, and he had led a quiet, devout life with a long career in the navy. The last ship his served in was the HMS Ganges, which spent decades in moored in Mylor, training young men. What can we learn from the story of George Sheaff? What do we know of the HMS Ganges? And how did Falmouth Cemetery secure the consecration of part of its land?
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The Podcast Studies PodcastNew Aural Cultures presents PhDCasting 6: Confirmation of Route Here We Come. Dr Sherezade Garcia Rangel, On the Hill PodcastPhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting.
Quarter Six: January 2020 - March 2020
I present some of my work...2020-06-1147 minOn The HillS01 Episode 08: Miśko Molnár the First Czechoslovak Sailor in Poland with Sherezade Garcia RangelOn September 1933, the legendary Polish frigate Dar Pomorza left Gdynia on its winter trip to check on Polish colonies with shores on the Atlantic. All but one of its 56 cadets would return home, though. Miśko Molnár, the first Czechoslovak sailor in Poland, died before the end of the trip. What can we learn about Cornwall and the world by looking at the story of one ship? And how has Falmouth kept up with the demand for more space on its Victorian cemetery?
2020-03-2751 minOn The HillS01 Episode 07: William Bilkie the last mail coach guard with Jennifer YoungIn the mid-1850s, William Stevens Bilkie was working as a mail coach guard from Falmouth to Plymouth. The arrival of the train to Cornwall in 1859 would bring an end to his job, but William continued to reinvent himself and to actively participate in Falmouth. A renown storyteller and floriculturist, he left behind a legacy that it still around today. What was the mail coach era like? How did the people of Cornwall deal with the arrival of the railway from Plymouth? And how did Falmouth Cemetery kept up with a town outgrowing its boundaries?
2020-02-2850 minOn The HillS01 Episode 06: Countess Ellen Odette Cuffe or 'The Weeping Widow' and Amy LilwallLegend has it that Irish Jewish Countess Ellen Odette Cuffe requested that her hand was joined with her husband’s when she was buried in Falmouth Cemetery in 1933. Is there truth in the myth? What about the woman herself, who commissioned this cemetery’s most unique gravestone? Did she get involved in the revival of Irish identity? What was her role in the Jewish community? And how did Falmouth Cemetery’s regulations allow for such a remarkable gravestone?
2020-01-1757 minOn The HillS01 Episode 05: Henry Philip Creese and the Titanic with A J DaltonOn April 10 1912, the Titanic sailed from Southampton. A few Cornish passengers were on board, including deck engineer Henry Philip Creese, memorialised in Falmouth Cemetery. How were the news of the Titanic delivered? What can we learn about the most famous maritime disaster in the world? And how has Cornwall, notorious for its shipwreck history, contributed to the way in which the UK takes care of the victims of such disasters?
2019-12-2056 minOn The HillS01 Episode 04: Artist Winifred Freeman with Anna Kiernan and Glyn WinchesterIn 1866 Winifred Freeman is born into a family of Lamorna Granite Merchants. She would go on to challenge conventions and earn her living as a painter. We talk to Glyn Winchester from the Falmouth Art Gallery to learn more about this artist. Anna Kiernan shares poems inspired by the cemetery and by Winnie. Keeping up with the times, Falmouth Cemetery regulates the way family vaults and brick graves are to be managed.
2019-11-2351 minOn The HillS01 Episode 03: Chung Shin and WWI with Sherezade Garcia RangelIn 1917, Cabin Boy Chung Shin is on a trip from Singapore to Portishead when a U-boat attacks the S.S. Sequoya. It is the middle of World War I and the UK, overwhelmed by the great losses of its service men and women, must find a way to honour them. Running out of space again, the Falmouth Cemetery must secure another expansion.
2019-10-1857 minOn The HillS01 Episode 02: Mary Monk with Amy LilwallAfter a short illness for which she sought healing at a spa in Falmouth, Mary Monk passed away and was buried in the Falmouth Cemetery. She was the first female sanitary inspector and health visitor in Portsmouth. What can we learn from her story about the UK’s efforts to reduce child mortality in the late 19th century? The Falmouth Burial Board takes measures to regulate the burial of stillbirths on the Falmouth Cemetery.
2019-09-2053 min
NestEpisode 15 with Sherezade Garcia Rangel
In this, the fifteenth and final letter if Nest, Sherezade Garcia Rangel reads the full account from the mysterious McDonough, followed by an interview with producer Alex Horn.2019-09-0531 minOn The HillS01 Episode 01: Sir John Gay Newton Alleyne with A J DaltonIn the Falmouth Cemetery, a family grave holds Sir John Gay Newton Alleyne, 3rd Baronet of Four Hills, Barbados. The Alleyne family's sugar plantation in Barbados was maintained by the unpaid labour of African slaves. What does his story tell us about the British Empire? In the middle of the 19th century, the town of Falmouth, overwhelmed by cholera epidemics, is trying to improve the lives of its inhabitants among the Victorian initiatives for orderly lives. The old churchyard in town is too full and making people sick, they must find a new solution.
2019-08-2351 minOn The HillS01 TrailerOn The Hill is a new podcast which brings you stories about Cornish cemeteries and those buried there. Each episode reassembles the life of someone departed and the history of the time, and shares original creative writing inspired by them.
2019-08-2304 min