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Documentation & Cultural Criticism

December 10, 2019 By //  by Kimi Eisele Leave a Comment

We are committed to amplifying stories about culture and heritage in our region. Some of those stories come out of our programs, like interviews we gather with recipients of our annual Master-Apprentice Artist Award, and special publications we’ve created in our End of Life programs.  Our montly online journal, BorderLore, is a repository of hundreds of stories about the region’s culture & heritage.

Cultural Development

La Doce Barrio Foodways: A report on community knowledge and recommendations for sustainable change in Tucson, AZ (December 2016)
Tui’i Bwa’ame / Good Food:  Yoeme/Yaqui Foodways in the Tucson Basin by Felipe S. Molina (Spring 2018)
Jiak Yo’ora Tikom / Technical Report: Experimental Parcel for Cultivation of Organic White Sonoran Wheat (Spring 2018)

Food & Foodways

Taste Bud Memories (with Ishkasitaa Refugee Network), video on refugees’ experiences with food and food security (May 2018)

Occupational Folklife

Confianza en la Frontera: A Cultural Glimpse at the Nogales Produce Industry, Nicholas Hartmann (January 2019) The study looks at the produce industry in Nogales, Arizona, where generations of families have passed on knowledge and practices about transporting, storing, and marketing Mexican-grown vegetables in the United States. An occupational folklore, the study uses interviews with produce workers and family members to understand institutional knowledge about the industry. The study was researched and written by Nicholas Hartmann as part of his work as folklorist-in-residence with the SFA in 2015-16 and was supported by the Archie Green Fellowship of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

End-of-Life Continuum Publications

Since 2014, the EOL project has developed materials documenting local traditions associated with death and dying, including interviews, photos, citizen reports, and a list of national and community resources. They include:

Finding Refuge:The Comforts of Culture in Grief, Trauma, Death and end of life for Refugees resettled in Southern Arizona. (June 2018)
International Border: Ceremony & Healing (May 2018)
Cruzando Fronteras: Ceremonia y Duelo (May 2018)
Continuum: Muslim Communities (February 2018)
Folklife Well Seasoned: End of Life Approaches & Traditions of Elders Living Alone (Oct. 2017)
Continuum End of Life Booklets (4), May 2016
Continuum Journal, May 2015
Continuum Resources Listing and Workbook, May 2015

 

 

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