Home to wanderers–almost everyone is from somewhere else and brought the best of where they were, to mix and mingle in merry mayhem–a haven surrounded by water topped by magically lit towers springing from glistening waters against a blazing sky–it’s magical. It’s...
I want to share with you a series of experiences and bring them into the whole concept of revitalization. In 1971, when I was a student at UCLA, I took a course offered for the first time entitled “AfroAmerican Folklore and Culture.” The instructor, who is...
It’s been months of reflection and of emotional stops and starts, as I worked for a path and vision of bigger answers to come through this article. I reviewed my favorite lessons, absorbed the daily news, stoked my Black Nationalist embers, and remembered...
About the photo: Zuni Pueblo community members, including librarian Jennifer Lonjose (standing), practice eliciting and recording cultural memories by “reading” historical photographs during Mukurtu community training workshop with Guha Shankar (left), at Zuni Tribal...
In Spring 2015, part way through my first year of public folklore graduate study at Western Kentucky University, I approached Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) Education Program Director Renee Hunt fresh on the heels of attending my first OEFFA...
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