SoundLore is a new podcast series that is produced by the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. Each episode ventures into the research, practices, and projects of folklore and ethnomusicology. Podcast guests include current and emeritus faculty, students, and alumni
We are adapting our 2021 Annual Meeting plans as we navigate the present moment of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ripple effects on our programs and institutions. We are proceeding with both an in-person gathering in Harrisburg, and a virtual meeting for
Wonder what’s going on with the our 2021 Annual Meeting planning? Check our 2021 Annual Meeting FAQ to find answers to your questions. Don’t see your question? Contact Lorraine Walsh Cashman. She can tell you more, and add it to the page
Our recent Annual Meeting Planning survey results have given us valuable insights into how we can best serve participants’ needs as we assess the continuing impact of the pandemic on our 2021 plans. Reactions are mixed on most questions, but some trends
On February 19, German’s national radio Deutschlandfunk Kultur ran a 55-minute program largely focused on Jim Leary’s work with the folk/vernacular/roots music of German-speaking (Austrian, German, Swiss) immigrants to the US. Though the article and the radio program are both in German, excerpts of
The Smithsonian’s Recovering Voices initiative will host a monthly film-screening series highlighting the crucial role languages play in daily life. Presented virtually this year, the sixth annual Mother Tongue Film Festival features 45 films in 39 languages from regions across the globe.
The Folklore Studies Association of Canada/l’Association canadienne d’ethnologie et de folklore (FSAC/ACEF) will hold its 2021 annual meeting online. The meeting will take place between June 2 and 7. Specific dates and technologies will be communicated shortly. The theme of the conference is
Scholars, graduate students, public folklorists, independent researchers, and tradition bearers are invited to submit proposals for this special folklife issue of the Journal of Ethnic American Literature (JEAL). The 2021 issue will focus on topics related to North American Folklife. The journal welcomes articles,
In Wayne State University’s recently released book, Mapping Fairy-Tale Space: Pastiche and Metafiction in Borderless Tales, Christy Williams uses the metaphor of mapping to examine the narrative strategies employed in popular twenty-first-century fairy tales. Mapping Fairy-Tale Spaceanalyzes the television shows Once Upon a Time and Secret Garden (a
The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma invites applicants for college internships in anthropology, archaeology, history, computer science, GIS, and related fields. The Miami Tribe is a federally recognized Tribal Nation with over 5,500 citizens who considers the lower great lakes its original homeland
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