PermanentEvery leaf on your #FamilyTree tells a story about the world your ancestors lived in. Our recent podcast episode with Dr. Christine Sleeter explains how her #CriticalFamilyHistory framework can help you better understand the choices your ancestors made within the context they lived in, as a way to address those same issues in the present. Listen to the episode here: https://permanent.org/podcast/critical-family-history/
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All EpisodesCritical Family HistoryEpisode 10Christine Sleeter: I think the most important question is to ask yourself, why do I want to do this? Why do I want to take a critical look at my own family history? A lot of people begin doing family history because sometimes just because they're curious, but a lot of time it's to honor and lift up the ancestors. And if one is going into it with, "I want to tell stories that will lift up my ancestors, lift up my family," that's going to make it difficult to look critically at family history. That will just sort of get in the way. But if you're doing it because you ... Read More
