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Forming Cultural Lineages: Appropriation v. Inclusion The first of the Philadelphia Folklore Project’s four-part series on cultural appropriation will take place June 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM EDT. This panel will cover concerns on becoming integrated within a culture. How should
American Lore Theater will present a live, in-person performance of Salt Water People, a play by Jake Rosenberg based on fieldwork in East Hampton, New York, on September 10-12, 202 at Brooklyn’s Waterfront Museum in Brooklyn. Salt Water People spins the legend
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Program Officer of International Programs will help design and implement activities supporting humanities scholars and the communities in which they work. The Program Officer will help oversee ACLS’s rigorous peer-review processes; monitor the progress of
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is seeking a two-year term Program Officer to enhance their efforts to connect, convene, and learn from our member societies, higher education partners, and community of fellows, with a particular focus on issues related to
Applications will be reviewed starting June 17 for a 1-year renewable teaching position in Communication Studies starting September 16, 2021 at Western Washington University. The successful candidate will teach Intercultural and Small Group Communication at the undergraduate level, and fulfill teaching and
For the past several years the Vermont Folklife Center has been working with partners at the Open Door Clinic, the University of Vermont, and cartoonist Marek Bennett on the El viaje mas caro/Most Costly Journey project–an effort that creates comics drawn in
Mid Atlantic Arts, a non-profit regional arts organization, seeks a full-time Program Manager for a multi-year Central Appalachia Living Traditions Program (CALT). The Program Manager will oversee a new program designed to improve the sustainability of folk arts and culture in Central
Tim Lloyd, Executive Director of AFS from 2001 to 2018, recently published a guest post on Jason Baird Jackson’s Shreds and Patches describing how the Annual Meeting program has shifted over the years, measured by the types of sessions presented. Members are
Dr. Nancy Yan recently talked to Dr. Margaret Magat, author of Balut: Fertilized Eggs and the Making of Culinary Nationalism, a rich study and deep analysis of one part of Asian American foodways. Balut is a fertilized egg that is boiled and eaten
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