by Lisa Rathje | Aug 30, 2024
Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation (JDBHPF) is a nonprofit organization based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was established in 2011, officially becoming a 501(c)3 in 2016 to create public programs that raise cultural and ethnic awareness of Black...
by Lisa Rathje | Aug 30, 2024
At the foot of the majestic snow-capped Sierras, the site of Manzanar, the World War II concentration camp, is the confluence for memories of Payahuunadü, the now-parched “land of flowing water.” Intergenerational women from Native American, Japanese American, and...
by Lisa Rathje | 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...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 16, 2023
Follow Andy Kolovos through this series of 5 short orientation videos to FolkSources.org. Introduction The Folk Sources CMS (Content Management System), Folksources.org, is an online repository and database that collects the primary source sets selected for inclusion...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 16, 2023
Teaching with Folk Sources offers an inquiry-based set of lessons and learning activities. We define some frequently used terms highlighted in green throughout this introduction. Ethnography: A study of culture and cultural processes that uses multiple ways to...
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