We carry our training and consulting in folklife research methods, practices, and evaluation (assets mapping, ethnography, participatory action research) with the intention of upholding and advancing the role & significance of culture and heritage in place and community. Recent work in this area includes: Folklife (PAR) Network: The …
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In Brief for January 2015
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 …
In Brief for December 2014
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 …
Roundup of Digital Clips
Our 2014 Festival: A Video Retrospective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEfTEmM7wFw © Julianne Stanford Video Link: The Pick-up Kings! https://youtu.be/1ozLahVboDo ©tohono.tv 2014 Video Link: Thai Buddhists at Tucson Meet Yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnZx8Y0fJhI&feature=youtu.be © Sophia Chen 2014. …
News in Brief, September 2014
The National Network for Folk Arts in Education introduces the Journal of Folklore and Education. Each year this digital journal will feature a theme that encompasses folklore, education, and ethnographic approaches to teaching and learning in all settings. Download the Journal: www.locallearningnetwork.org. The Beijing Sound …
News in Brief, August 2014
Southwest Folklife Alliance As the Southwest Folklife Alliance solidifies its new home at the University of Arizona’s College of Social & Behavioral Science and takes steps to launch its website and full suite of programs over the next few months, a few morsels of news and activities have jumped ahead of schedule. A story in the Tucson …