This document discusses the history of podcasting in Italy for educational purposes. It describes early university podcasts and those created by independent cultural associations to share lectures and academic talks. One notable podcast is HistoryCast, which launched in 2006 and produces half-hour history podcasts on a wide range of topics. It has a large audience of 10,000-20,000 listeners per episode. The document also examines how podcasts and their audiences have evolved over time, including greater audience participation through social media and efforts to engage the public beyond just publishing audio files.

1. Historical Podcasting and
its Public in Italy
Enrica Salvatori, University of Pisa
OTTAWA, 19 APRIL 2013
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2. UNIVERSITY COURSES TV OR RADIO CHANNELS
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3. “CULTURE” IN ITALIAN
PODCASTS
FROM ITUNES
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5. LEZIONI DI STORIA -
LESSONS OF HISTORY
STORIA IN PIAZZA
HISTORY IN THE MAIN SQUARE
LATERZA PRESS HOUSE
PODCASTING IN THE BEGINNING
THEN RESERVED
TO “FACE TO FACE” SHOWS
SPEAKERS = AUTHORS
AUDIO CONFERENCE FORMULA
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6. ARIFS
ASSOCIATION FOR THE RESEARCH
AND EDUCATION IN HISTORY AND
PHILOSOPHY
ITALIA MEDIEVALE
MEDIEVAL ITALY
INDEPENDENT CULTURAL
ASSOCIATIONS
VIDEO CONFERENCE FORMULA /
PAPERS
“VERY” FORMAL
NOT IN ITUNES:
BLOG OR SIMPLE HTML SITE
+ FB + (YOUTUBE)
REDUCED AUDIENCE
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7. ITALIAN PODCAST NETWORK
SCIENTIFICAST
FISICAST
NOT ALWAYS GOOD QUALITY AUDIO
GREAT DISTANCE FROM “RADIO”
STANDARDS
DIFFICULTIES IN MAINTAINING THE
PODCAST
FEW PUBLIC
FESTIVAL DELLE SCIENZE
DIVULGATION IS STILL A BAD WORD IN
UNIVERSITY WORLD
CONFERENCE IS REALLY LOVED
SHARING IS ALMOST UNKNOWN
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8. WWW.HISTORYCAST.ORG
30 MINUTES AUDIO
MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS
PRIMARY SOURCES
2 EBOOKS
HISTORICAL PODCAST
LARGE AUDIENCE (10.000/20.00O PER EPISODE)
SINCE 2006
WIDE CHRONOLOGY
CRITICAL POINT OF VIEW
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9. WWW.HISTORYCAST.ORG
30 MINUTES AUDIO
MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS
PRIMARY SOURCES
2 EBOOKS
HISTORICAL PODCAST
LARGE AUDIENCE (10.000/20.00O PER EPISODE)
SINCE 2006
WIDE CHRONOLOGY
CRITICAL POINT OF VIEW
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10. A SITE AND
A PODCAST
EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS
INSIGHTS ON
CONTEMPORARY
NEWS
ONE
EXTERNAL
COOPERATION
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14. A SITE AND
A PODCAST
THEN A
BLOG WITH
COMMENTS
(FAILURE)
BUT WHAT ABOUT
THE PUBLIC?
THEN A FB
GROUP
THEN?
LETTERS
FEW COMMENTS
LETTERS
POSTS NOT
ABOUT THE
PODCAST
LETTERS
?
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15. HISTORYCAST FB GROUP
MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
NOT ABOUT THE PODCASTS (STILL BY MAIL)
BUT CONTRIBUTIONS, QUESTIONS, NEWS
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16. FB GROUP
THE CALL
AND THE ANSWERS!!
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17. FB GROUP
THE CALL
AND THE ANSWERS!!
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20. iTunes U
Aggregatore “universitario”
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22. LEARNING BY DOING
GALILEO GALILEI IN SL
10 audio guides about
Galileo Galilei.
Audio contents, 3d models
and texts have been
produced by students
within two courses (MA in
Digital Culture, University of
Pisa)
• Science before Galileo by Pierpaolo Pitardi
• Science after Galileo by Lorenzo Bini
• The scientific method by Paolo Luzzi
• Galileo’s life by Giuseppe Galleni
• Texts and books by Mauro Filardo
• The trial by Flavia Piscioneri
• Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Maria Teresa Lupia
• The experiment on the Leaning Tower by Alessandro Alderigi
• The Inclined Plane by Alberto Cecchetti
• Truths and legends by Federico Gabellieri
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23. EpigraPisa
SITE ABOUT PISA EPIGRAPHS
FROM THE EPIGRAPH TO THE
STORY, FROM THE STORY TO THE
HISTORY
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24. EpigraPisa
SITE ABOUT PISA EPIGRAPHS
FROM THE EPIGRAPH TO THE
STORY, FROM THE STORY TO THE
HISTORY
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25. AM I REALLY SHARING HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE?
I THINK NOT
AM I PUSHING
PEOPLE TO SHARE
THEIR VISION OF
HISTORY?
I THINK NOT
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27. BUT..
HISTORYCAST WAS BORN
ALONE
BUT IS NOT ALONE ANY MORE
SLIDE ON
SLIDESHARE
TEXTS ON
SCRIBD,
GOOGLE DRIVE
DROPBOX
IMAGES ONFLICKR ANDFB
INTERVIEWS AT
RADIO
CHATS AND TALKS
WITH CLASSROOMS
FACE TO FACE
CONFERENCES
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28. UNIVERSITY
LESSONS - LEVEL X + N
HISTORYCAST
COMMUNICATION - LEVEL X
TEACHERS
PODCAST / AUDIO / VIDEO MADE BY STUDENTS
CONFERENCES
(PRIVATE & PUBLIC)
INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC HISTORY PROJECTS
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
SKYPE MEETINGSTRAINING
RADIO TV
COLLABORATIONS
INTERVIEWS
GENERAL PUBLIC MAILSOCIAL NETWORK
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29. THE PUBLIC FINDS ITS WAYS TO TALK
DIFFERENT WAYS FOR DIFFERENT
PEOPLE
AND I (BADLY?) ANSWER
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30. THE PAST DESIGNS WELL
SHAPED IDENTITIES
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31. THE PRESENT DESIGNS UNCERTAIN AND
STRESSED IDENTITIES
BUT IF REALLY SHARING HISTORICAL
CONTENTS IT’S NOT EASY..
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32. WE CAN BE NEW TEACHERS FOR NEW “MIDDLE AGES”
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33. BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT “PUBLIC HISTORY” MEANS (TO ME)
AND TRY TO FIND OUR WAY IN THE LABYRINTH OF SHARING HISTORY
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34. E.SALVATORI@MEDIEV.UNIPI.IT
WWW.HISTORYCAST.ORG
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