Here is an example of creating additional funding for underserved audiences by the Committee on Responsive Philanthropy. Their campaign, Philanthropy’s Promise, has persuaded over 100 funders to designate at least half of their grant dollars for underserved communities. http://www.ncrp.org/philanthropys-promise This effort developed
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Amber Ridington is an independent folklorist with a specialty in digital humanities based in Vancouver, BC. In this case study, she describes her work with First Nations communities and the many strategies she has developed to advocate for ethical approaches to fieldwork,
Tom Mould describes the creation of a collaborative research project that brought community members, program leaders, and students together to study the personal experience narratives and legends about poverty and welfare in the U.S.
Academic journals rely on financial commitments from universities in order to be viable since they do not generate enough revenue to support themselves. In 2019, the folklore faculty at George Mason University (GMU) applied to serve as the editorial team for the
Robert Baron, who teaches in the Masters Program in Cultural Sustainability at Goucher College describes how folklorists banded together over the years to save the New York Folk Arts Coordinator position, the American Folklife Center, and the NEA Heritage Awards. NYC Folk
Christina Barr has served as executive director for the Nevada Humanities Council since 2009. She has advocated on behalf of folklore and the humanities at the local, state, and federal level. In this case study, she describes responding to a drastic reduction
Search a collection of sample syllabi and other materials for teaching folklore in Open Folklore.
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CERF+ COVID-19 Relief Fund: This fund provides financial assistance to professional artists working in craft disciplines who are facing dire circumstances from the COVID-19 crisis:https://cerfplus.org/cerf-covid-19-relief-grant/?org=808&lvl=100&ite=2242&lea=2184814&ctr=0&par=1&trk=Borealis Philanthropy: This fund provides financial resources to trans-led organizations and transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary communities who are organizing in response
A compilation of COVID-19 related projects and research by folklorists, cultural organizations, and traditional artists.
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