by Lisa Rathje | Sep 15, 2023
For me, primary sources have long had an enduring appeal because of their direct link to people and their knowledge. In fact, helping create the conditions for people to share a piece of their lives is what attracted me to anthropology and specifically fieldwork that...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 15, 2022
This interview engages with how one folklorist’s interests in recording spoken sounds and memories of his grandmother opened a pathway to recording the memories and sounds of living descendants of traditional Appalachian balladry. Through the processes of engaging...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 15, 2022
The Great October Storm of 1893, despite remaining one of the largest natural disasters in the U.S. to date, was lost to history for nearly 100 years. It remained untold in hurricane treatises and in general literature and lingered only in the colloquial memory of...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 14, 2022
During the American Revolution, the Seneca aided the British Empire. While the Seneca, like all nations in the Haudenosaunee, initially declined to participate in the conflict, eventually they chose to support the British. By 1779, this decision had devastating...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 14, 2022
This exhibition, “It’s about community, told by community, and supported by community.” —Hayden Haynes This photo essay by Hayden Haynes is part of the culmination of a community looking at the effects and aftereffects of one Indian...
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