Kitchen-table Remedios
A folklorist finds new ways to carry traditional knowledge into the future by Selina Morales Alexis is eight, and I am nine: Lela instructs us … Read more
Dancing like a Folklorist
Contemporary dancers in the borderlands learn the folklórico dance of Sonora Bronco Essay by Yvonne Montoya with photographs by Ammi Robles In the dusty dance … Read more
The Play’s the Thing
Elevating heritage and folkways through theatricality by Marc David Pinate Four, ten-foot-tall giant puppets dressed in ornate gowns dance down Morley Avenue in Nogales, Arizona. … Read more
In Memoriam: James S. Griffith
July 30, 1935-December 18, 2021 James S. Griffith, or “Big Jim,” moved to Tucson at age 20 to study at the University of Arizona, eventually … Read more
How to Build an Archive(s)
by Jamie A. Lee I came to archives, community archives, and the practices of community archiving through my work as a documentary filmmaker and oral … Read more