The American Folklife Center announces the launch of a new resource guide that gives users direct access to over 130 Botkin Lectures on folklore, folk music and traditional culture by prominent scholars, artists, authors and performers.
Folklore Works
The American Folklore Society works every day to amplify our members and the work they do to advance the understanding of folklore and cultural traditions. Stay tuned as we periodically showcase folklorists, their projects and programs, and the communities they serve through our Folklore Works features.
Folklorist Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth's work was recently featured in an episode of the podcast channel New Books in Folklore hosted by fellow folklorist Rachel Hopkin, who is also calling for new hosts for the channel.
Storytelling artist, folklorist, and AFS Executive Board member Kiran Singh Sirah is pleased to share his storytelling toolkit, Telling Stories That Matter, which is designed to offer creative methods to explore compassionate storytelling.
Los Herederos, a media arts non-profit dedicated to inheriting culture in the digital age, was featured on ABC 7 Eyewitness News on September, 23 for their Queens as Cultural Crossroads installation in the Roosevelt Avenue and 74th Street subway station in Jackson Heights.
The Fellows of the American Folklore Society (AFS), the Diverse Environmentalisms Research Team, and the Climate Interest Group of the Folklore and Science Section will host a webinar titled “Gathering at the Intersections of Folklore and the Environment” 7:00pm - 9:00 pm (ET), Thursday, September 26, 2024.
Henry Glassie and Pravina Shukla brings the artists of the Brazilian Northeast in their new book Folk Art: Continuity, Creativity, and the Brazilian Quotidian.
The New York Times recently featured Jo Farb Hernández's work documenting and helping to preserve endangered art environments in Spain.
The AFS Cultural Diversity Committee is proud to announce the recipients of the inaugural Gerald L. Davis Project Pathway Award. The Project Pathway provides funding for projects that participate in community scholarship in action, and that keep communities connected, whole, and active.
On March 16 at 6:00 p.m. (CST), Todd Lawrence, Maria Lewis, and Lamont Pearley will host a livestream event offered by the AFS African American Section, the African American Folklorist, and Jack Dappa Blues featuring Notable Folklorists of Color creators and curators, Phyllis May-Machunda, Sojin Kim, and Olivia Cadaval.
Joelle E. Jackson (Indiana University Bloomington) receives the 2022 William A. Wilson prize.