by Lisa Rathje | 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...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 10, 2025
In the fall of 2024, I had the unique opportunity to serve as an intern for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH). As an 8th-grade Social Studies teacher I was selected to work with the online CFCH publication, Folklife magazine. Folklife is...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 10, 2025
We do not write because we must; we always have a choice. We write because language is the way we keep a hold on life. With words we experience our deepest understandings of what it means to be intimate. We communicate to connect, to know community. –bell hooks...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 10, 2025
A selection of zines made by students in GNS 210. The front cover of a zine created by London Huser, an MFA graduate student at UW-Madison. Originally from Oklahoma, Huser creates art that explores themes of home, mass production, foodways, regionalism, and more. Her...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 10, 2025
During certain days of the semester, when you walk by the Saunders College of Business, you might notice a most peculiar sight: a mass of soapy foam, swallowing up the entire fountain and spilling over onto the grassy areas nearby. Sometimes, it even expands enough to...
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