New podcast on heritage Latvian addresses diaspora families

The recently launched podcast "Vārti" (in Latvian) reaches out to Latvian families around the world to help maintain their heritage language in the diaspora. It features interviews with experts in multilinguality, family language policy and heritage language maintenance, along with insights from diaspora parents and children.

The team behind the new podcast (from left): Inga Sindi, Signe Rirdance, Juris Garjans, Daina Grosa.

Signe Rirdance, doctoral student in Baltic languages at Stockholm University, was interviewed for the first episode that introduces key concepts, aims and approaches in heritage language maintenance. Signe is also a member of the team of volunteers and researchers producing the podcast. Six episodes are planned for the first season, and Fredrik Bissinger, lecturer at Stockholm University, will be the guest in one of the upcoming episodes as well.

The podcast is in Latvian and is available on major streaming platforms:
Spotify
Apple
Youtube

The project is supported by the Latvian Language Agency, the American Latvian Association, and the Latvian Language in Diaspora Association.

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Last updated: September 10, 2024

Source: Section Baltic Studies

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