In this article, I reflect on ways that my folklore-studies approach to the college writing classroom enables Virginia Commonwealth University’s diverse student population, and especially historically marginalized groups, to create and appreciate cultural texts....
Mid-last-century, before Interstate 10 sliced through swampy basins and bayou-lined prairies in Louisiana to tether California to Florida, French was already beginning to fade as the vernacular in our rural, post-WWII community. However, my family still drew upon its...
Partnerships explored in this article include: Traditional Arts Indiana at Indiana University’s Mathers Museum by Jon Kay The Kentucky Folklife Program and the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University by Brent Björkman and Virginia Siegel Michigan Traditional...
In Fall 2012, Superstorm Sandy struck Long Island, New York, and was one of the worst hurricanes ever to strike the region. The folklife nonprofit Long Island Traditions, with the assistance of a National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Preserve...
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