Gateways to Folklife and Oral History Sources

by | Sep 16, 2023

Vermont Folklife, much like museums, libraries, and historical societies, often serves as a bridge between schools and other learning spaces that want to bring community members and their life experiences into their classrooms. We have learned over time that these...

Connecting Themes and Stories

by | Sep 16, 2023

Introduction The West Virginia Folklife Collection housed at West Virginia University Libraries holds over 2,500 items of documented fieldwork produced by the West Virginia Folklife Program, a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council. Digital and publicly...

Engaging with Discomfort

by | Sep 15, 2022

Death is not just the end of life; death is also a complex and cultural phenomenon. As such, the shifting boundaries between life and death call for a reexamination of existing social norms and practices and the various educational resources surrounding death and...

Going on the Journey of Learning to Respect Our Elders

by | Sep 15, 2022

Growing up in the United States, in a predominantly white neighborhood and attending predominantly white schools, I experienced an identity crisis in my youth: I wanted to be Caucasian. I wanted to disconnect myself from my Chinese roots. I perceived all Chinese...

Tell Me What the World Was Like When You Were Young

by | Sep 5, 2019

Students research family food traditions and continue to discover each other’s cultures during Joint Activities in which they make pickled vegetables according to different families’ traditions. Simon Lichman, a folklorist, and Rivanna Miller, a program evaluator,...