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Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The department of American Studies at The George Washington University is a nationally recognized program that has award-winning faculty as well as innovative masters and doctoral students who conduct new research in the field. This program focuses on providing the students with the hands on experiences of field research and encourages their new ideas about the culture, history, politics, and religion of America. The program offers bachelors, masters, and Ph.D. degrees as well as interdisciplinary minors.
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Subject: Post-secondary education, American studies and media, Interdisciplinary Studies, Culture, Popular culture, Folklife , Folklore
Creator: The George Washington University
Publisher: The George Washington University
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The program is nationally recognized and offers an undergraduate minor in Folklore and a Master’s Degree in American Studies with a concentration in Folklore. The Folklore Program provides a flexible and interdisciplinary approach to study, small class sizes, student-centered faculty, and close interaction between faculty and students. Utah State University houses the Fife Folklore Archives, a nationally recognized archive and repository for the papers of the American Folklore Society,
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Subject: Post-Secondary Education, Archives, Traditions, Oral Histories, Folktales, Folklife , Festivals, Dance
Group: Folklore Academic Programs
Creator: Utah State University
Publisher: Utah State University
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Maryland State Arts Council is a government sponsored organization that seeks to encourage the citizens of Maryland to appreciate and create art. This is done through grants and programs that look to encourage not-for-profit organizations and emerging artists to produce art that helps define culture for Maryland. The website for Maryland State Arts Council builds a bridge between the arts of Maryland and the people of Maryland. This site showcases education in the arts of Maryland to allow for educators to incorporate the arts in their classroom. The artists section displays the people from around the state that makes Maryland a cultural hub.
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Subject: Maryland, Maryland State Arts Council, Arts, Research Grants, Art Education, Folklife , Community arts projects
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Center for the Study of Southern Culture looks to investigate, document, research, interpret, and teach about the American South. The interdisciplinary investigation of the South is mindset of this program while the academic program is the heart and main focus of the researchers. The students and professors of this program focus on the region of Mississippi and the Delta. Over the last quarter century the Center has become a focal point for innovative education and research on the American South, promoting scholarship on many aspects of southern culture, and encouraging public understanding of the South.
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Subject: Southern States, Post-Secondary Education, Folklife , Research, Blogs, Publications
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The mission of Arkansas Heritage is to identify the heritage of Arkansas and the quality of life of the people of Arkansas by the discovery, presentation, and presentation of the state’s cultural, historical, and cultural resources. Arkansas Heritage looks to preserve the collective memory of all of the people of Arkansas and highlight the important dates and people behind the stories. This organization also looks to bring the natural resources of the region to the attention of others since it has a great impact and rich history on the Arkansas of today.
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Subject: Folklore, Natural Resources, Education, Government Departments, Folklife , Museums
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The purpose of the California Indian Basketweavers Association is to preserve and promote the California Indian tradition of basketweaving. This is accomplished by encouraging basketweavers to get further education about basketweaving, by increasing access to California Indian traditional practices, and by promoting solidarity and broadening communication among Native American basketweavers and other traditional Indian arts.
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Subject: California, Indian Clubs, Basketwork, Basket making, Workshops, Folklife
Creator: California Indian Basketweavers Association
Publisher: California Indian Basketweavers Association
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: This award-winning center was created by the Crandall Library’s Board of Trustees in 1993. The mission of the Folklife Center is to research and present the cultural traditions of the upper Hudson valley and southern Adirondacks of upstate New York through its research, documentation, special collections, public programs, gallery and educational services.
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Subject: Folklife , Galleries & museums--New York (State)--New York—2000, Art Galleries, Archives, Folklore, New York, Public Libraries, Education
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: Here at the Philadelphia Folklore Project, we are committed to paying attention to the experiences and traditions of "ordinary" people. Our focus is to build critical folk cultural knowledge, sustain vital and diverse living cultural heritage in communities in our region, and create equitable processes and practices for nurturing local grassroots arts and humanities.
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Subject: Folk Art, Folklore, Folk Culture, Cultural Heritage, Grassroots, Folklife
Creator: Philadelphia Folklore Project
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: Talking Across the Lines is a folklife documentary consulting and production firm. This firm looks to tell the stories of minority groups and underrepresented groups that have not been represented in modern media. The oral histories they capture include ethnic groups from all over the southern United States as well as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender stories.
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Subject: Oral Histories, Interviews, Folklore, Folk Art, Research, Ethnic Groups, Education, Folklife
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Louisiana Folklife Program, within the Division of the Arts, is designed to identify, document, conserve, and present the folk cultural resources of Louisiana. Folklife includes living traditions learned informally over time within ethnic, regional, occupational, and family groups.
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Subject: Folklife , Louisiana, Folk Art, Arts, Crafts, Language, Music, Film, Oral Histories, Traditions
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The North Carolina Folklife Institute looks to encourage communities across the state to preserve their traditional arts as well as promote them in conjunction with educational outreach programs and active citizenship. This Institute looks to document folklife and preserve and promote North Carolina’s traditional arts and culture. The Institute keeps these pillars of community alive by developing interpretations of Cherokee Heritage Trails, producing CDs of archival recordings of folk musicians and producing a broadcast for National Public Radio of different folk artists from the North Carolina area.
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Subject: North Carolina, Folklife , Folk Artists, Folk Artists--America, Preservation, Food, Awards, Podcasts, Regionalism
Creator: North Carolina Folklife Institute
Publisher: North Carolina Folklife Institute
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Pacific Northwest is composed of a rich mix of heritage and traditions and the traditional arts of the cultures that inhabit this area. Northwest Heritage Resources goal is to focus on the cultures of this area and encourage the utilization of their tools to bring attention to the people of the region. This website includes a searchable database of traditional artists from Washington State and a useful educational tool for learning about Washington cultural traditions. The Northwest Heritage Resource website provides audio heritage tours of the Washington State region and there is also a calendar that lists the Heritage events happening in the Northwest.
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Subject: Folklife , Folk Art, Heritage Tourism, Education, Storytellers, Oral Tradition
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Northwest Folklife Festival spotlights traditional arts across the worlds of dance, art, and storytelling. This festival is a major focal point for many traditional and ethnic performers in the Northwest area. The four-day festival features artists that vary from hip-hop emcees, Irish cloggers, Bluegrass fiddlers, and West African dancers. This festival is a great asset to the folklife community of the Northwest.
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Subject: Folklife , Folk festivals, Northwest American, Culture, Music, Dance, Arts, Folk arts
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The New York Folklore Society recognizes and celebrates the extraordinary in everyday life, bringing focus to the traditions of our state’s diverse peoples. NYFS is the leading resource for folklore and folklife by disseminating research and information throughout the state.
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Subject: Folklife , New York, Folk Art, Music, Dance, Festivals, Celebrations, Legends, Folktales, Foodways
Creator: New York Folklore Society
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Graduate Program in Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania began in 1962 under the direction of MacEdward Leach, a medievalist who taught in the English department, and whose sound recordings from Jamaica, Newfoundland, and the Southern Mountains launched the Folklore Archive. Over the next four decades nearly 250 students earned the Ph.D. in Folklore from Penn. In 1999, the Department of Folklore and Folklife was restructured as a Graduate Program and a Center for Folklore and Ethnography (open 1999-2008).
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Subject: Folklore, Folklife , Post-Secondary Education, Music, Performance, Folk Art, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Film, Religion, Urban Folklore, Anthropology, Oral Histories
Group: Folklore Academic Programs
Creator: University of Pennsylvania
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Sealaska Heritage Institute is a regional Native American organization founded for the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people of Southeast Alaska. This institute administers Sealaska Corporation’s cultural and educational programs. The mission of the Institute is to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures. They do this through art programs, educational programs, and language and culture workshops. The Institute also produces publications that relate to Native Alaskan cultures, languages, and historical events. The Sealaska Heritage Institute holds rare items and books that are representative of the history of the native peoples of Southeast Alaska.
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Subject: Native American, Native American Association, Tlingit Indians, Haida Indians, Tsimshian Indians, Folk Art, Folklife , Folklife Archives, Education, Publications, Folklore
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: Texas Folklife is a statewide organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the diverse cultures and living heritage of the Lone Star State. Since its beginning twenty-nine years ago, Texas Folklife has honored the cultural traditions passed down within communities across Texas and have showcased them through exhibits, educational programs, and outreach activities. To further their goal of making the arts and culture of Texas accessible Texas Folklife holds performances, puts on radio and television programs, and hosts community residencies.
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Subject: Folklife , Texas, Folk Culture, Texas Folklife, Exhibitions, Outreach Programs, Nonprofit organizations
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: Traditional Arts Indiana is dedicated to expanding public awareness of Indiana’s traditional practices and nurturing a sense of pride among Indiana’s traditional artists. TAI identifies, documents, and seeks to understand more fully the many ways in which cultural values are embedded in daily life. TAI actively documents Indiana’s traditional arts and artists through interviewing, recording, and photographing individuals and groups throughout the state about their crafts and traditions.
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Subject: Folk Art, Indiana, Folk Culture, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Conservation, Folklorists, Folklife , Music, Crafts
Creator: Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana Arts Commission
Publisher: Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana Arts Commission
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Tuckerton Seaport looks to preserve, present and interpret the rich maritime history, artistry, heritage and environment of the Jersey short and the unique contributions of its baymen. The Tuckerton Seport has evolved into a maritime village located along the historic Tuckerton Creek in Tuckerton, New Jersey. This 40-acre site includes historic and recreated buildings connected by a boardwalk, a maritime forest and wetlands nature trail. The Tuckerton Seport looks to expand education on the Tuckerton Seaport by providing exhibits about the past of this place, folk art education programs, and looks to expand awareness about the folklife of the area with the Jersey Shore Folklife Center.
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Subject: Folklife , New Jersey, Tuckerton Seaport (Tuckerton, N.J.), Museums, Learning Activities, Education, Folk Festivals
Creator: Tuckerton Seaport and Bayman's Museum
Publisher: Tuckerton Seaport and Bayman's Museum
Type: Web Archive
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: Founded in 1984, The Vermont Folklife Center is dedicated to preserving and presenting the cultural traditions of Vermont and the surrounding region. The Center attempts to do this through ongoing field research, exhibits, media, and educational projects to bring recognition to the skills, talents, and traditions of Vermonters, past and present. The Center has made a major breakthrough with one area: the preservation of spoken word and have an archive that comprises over 4,500 taped interviews in order to help preserve the traditions that make Vermont unique.
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Subject: Folklife , Vermont Folklife Center, Digital Archives, Education, Vermont, Exhibitions
Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive
Description: The Virginia Folklife Program is dedicated to the documentation, presentation, and support of Virginia’s rich cultural heritage. This idea of Virginia’s folklife refers to those “arts of everyday life” that reflect a sense of traditional knowledge and connection to community. This program looks to incorporate fieldwork, preservation of folklife and folk arts, and helping communities throughout Virginia preserve their own cultural traditions. The Virginia Folklife Program completes these goals by receiving funding from Virginia’s Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Subject: Fieldwork (Educational method), Folklore, Folklife , Apprenticeship, Virginia, Folklife specialists, Arts, Folk Art, National Endowment for the Arts
Creator: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Publisher: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Type: Web Archive
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