Frank de Caro is being honored posthumously by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities with the 2021 Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities Award. To read the article about Frank in the LEH magazine 64 Parishes (with a great photo of Frank taken
Launched in April of 2020, the NCTA staff, in direct response to and in concern of the impacts (health, fiscal, creative and more) the COVID-19 pandemic was having on the Folk and Traditional Arts landscape, decided to use its social media platforms
AFS schedules virtual events like the annual meeting or the upcoming heritage webinar to accommodate a wide range of time zones. Despite appearances, AFS virtual events are not just scheduled for Eastern Time; we may display times in Eastern Time (where we are headquartered at Indiana University), but we
On March 23, 2021, Routledge Press will publish Climate Change Temporalities: Explorations in Popular, Vernacular, and Scientific Discourse, a volume edited by Kyrre Kverndokk, Marit Ruge Bjærke, and Anne Eriksen. Climate Change Temporalities explores how various timescales, timespans, intervals, rhythms, cycles, and changes in acceleration
John Burrison, curator of The Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia, was interviewed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) about the museum’s current exhibit on women potters, “The Men Won’t Tell Us Anything.” From the article: “’Good clay deposits are critical, but there is more
The AFS Career Center connects folklorists across all disciplines and career stages with a large and diverse collection of relevant career opportunities. The AFS Career Center is powered by YM Careers, the leading provider of job websites and career centers for professional associations. This
New York Folklore seeks applicants for a full-time “Staff Folklorist” for the Capital Region of New York State. For more information about this opening, see the AFS Career Center.
Folklorica, the peer-reviewed Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association, is accepting submissions for a thematic issue “Folklore and Protest.” Whether expressing disapproval or advocating for change, protests are integral parts of contemporary political processes. They can vary in
Wayne State University Press recently published Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the Twenty-First Century, an edited volume by Cristina Bacchilega and Jennifer Orme. Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the Twenty-First Century anthologizes contemporary stories, comics, and visual texts that intervene in a range of
Andrea Kitta recently spoke with Slate Magazine about the emergent folklore surrounding COVID-19 and vaccinations. To read her take on how narrative and belief impact vaccination efforts, check out the interview on the Slate website.
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