Introduction

by | Sep 10, 2025

We write this introduction with deep gratitude for the opportunity to serve as Guest Editors of the 2025 issue of the Journal of Folklore and Education, “Cultural Frameworks for Transformative Documenting and Learning.” As Co-Directors of Los Herederos, an...

Archiving at a Crossroads

by | Sep 10, 2025

Introduction In fall 2024, as part of the Eugene Lang College’s Social Science Fellowship, I interned in the curatorial department at the Museum of the City of New York. One of my responsibilities involved sourcing archival images for the Urban Stomp: Social Dance in...

The Power of Place-Based Stories

by | Sep 10, 2025

“Is that 16th Street? Where it turns into César Chávez?” Rigo asked his teacher.1 She nodded, and he continued to inspect the projected photos. “That one—Crazy Jim’s—there’s still a car dealership there. My uncle used to work there.” Another student chimed in. “You...

The Crystal Book

by | Sep 10, 2025

The Crystal Book (El Libro de Cristal) is a multilingual, transmedia comic developed as both a powerful story and an adaptable teaching tool. The project emerged from my doctoral dissertation, Hero Genesis and Crisis: Comic Books and Identity Formation in...

Collaborative Ethnography

by | Sep 10, 2025

I had no experience in any sort of documentary filmmaking, and I was worried the process would be intense or heavily academic—the sort of thing you need a sociology degree to fully understand. Everything fell into place pretty quickly, though. The explanations on how...