Documenting Self-Taught Artistic Expression
Jo Farb Hernández, Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments Director The art environments found within our communities open unexpected windows into folk worlds. An … Read more
UNESCO: Advancing Culture, Safeguarding Heritage
UNESCO, established in 1945 as an agency of the United Nations, works to protect cultural diversity and promote the diversity of cultural expressions. The UNESCO … Read more
Museums Revisioned, Connecting Culture
How will museums of the future design experiences that give community cultures voice? As museums embrace the experimental, Arizona State Museum (ASM) is differentiating itself … Read more
Field Notes TMY from a Folklorist’s Eye
Saturday, October 10 in the Presidio: A folklorist focuses unobtrusively on a dance demonstration in progress on the City Hall stage. Something that catches his … Read more
Festival Authenticity
Any mention of the word “authenticity” makes the hair on the back of any folklorist’s neck stand up. It is a term fraught with difficulties … Read more