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Film and Discussion on Food, Water & Traditional Knowledge

April 6, 2017 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

SFA’s monthly Culture & Society Learning Exchange presents: A Screening and Discussion of Food, Water and Traditional Knowledge in Arid Lands April 23, 2017 2-3:30pm The Loft Cinema 3233 East Speedway Boulevard | Tucson, AZ This short film highlights multigenerational, community-based, and culturally embedded models of food and water …

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Jeff Chang

SFA hosts author Jeff Chang

March 1, 2017 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

Join the Southwest Folklife Alliance in our inaugural 2017 "Culture & Society Learning Exchange" series. A conversation with Jeff Chang Friday March 10, 2017 Time: 3:30pm- 6:00pm Admission: FREE UA Downtown, Roy Place Building 44 N. Stone Ave Suite #119 Tucson, AZ 85701 Spend an afternoon with Jeff Chang, one of …

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Ajo Cooks

Anthropoesia

July 14, 2016 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

by Maxwell Gay Ajo, Arizona the three-cornered intersection of Indigeneity, Spanish missions and settlers’ whiteness. Haunted by the ghost of the capital-driven culture of mining. Occupied by Border Patrol. A town with a rich history of cultural exchange and a potent feeling of sorrow. This place is coated in a fine film of not quite …

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Learning from Ajo, AZ: What a Fieldschool
Taught Me about Desert Life

July 14, 2016 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

by Grace Megnet I had to grow as old as a saguaro with arms before I saw one in nature. I knew the iconic plant from the Old El Paso refried beans’ label, but I had to eat those beans for a long time before I learned the cactus’ name. They were simply the “you-know-those-cacti-with-arms,” or the backdrop for James Stewart when he was chasing …

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In Brief for January 2015

January 30, 2015 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

Save the Date! March 21-22, 2015: The Town of Oro Valley has invited the Southwest Folklife Alliance to present the first annual Oro Valley Meet Yourself Festival. Learn more here. Check out the details for the World Storytelling Institute’s 3rd Annual Chennai Storytelling Festival (February 4-15), "Storytelling for Teaching and …

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In Brief for December 2014

December 20, 2014 By //  by SFA Staff Leave a Comment

The Folklife Today blog highlights the collections of the Library of Congress, particularly the American Folklife Center and the Veterans History Project, and features stories about songs, stories, traditional arts, cultural expressions and oral histories. The California Academy of Sciences produces Curator: The Museum Journal, which explores …

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