Polish organizations lent tremendous logistical help. The Center conducts ethnographic and cultural heritage policy oriented research, maintains the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, and provides educational and research opportunities through fellowships, internships, and training programs. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution that supports cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound recordings. Contact:smithsdl@si.edu, Younger, Erin,Research Associate. (1971) University of California, Santa Barbara; M.Litt (1975) University of Edinburgh; M.S.L.S. Research specialties: Sound archives, archives, traditional musicof the United States, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, record production, history of sound recordings. It produces more than a dozen new recordings annually, some from the archives, and others from contemporary documentation and recording projects. (1967) Harvard University; M.A. During that project, the Smithsonian formally established SCRI under the direction of curator and former U.S. Army monuments woman Cori Wegener, leading to similar efforts in the ensuing years to respond to cultural crises around the worldfrom temple-destroying earthquakes in Nepal to museum bombings in Syria and Iraq. Contact:BelanusB@si.edu, Butvin, Halle, Director of Special Projects. The Smithsonian Artisan Initiative is dedicated to building the sustainability of traditional culture. Since 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has collaborated with cultural practitioners, communities, heritage professionals and scholars to spark curiosity, catalyze intercultural exchange, and create participatory experiences that nurture creative human connections. (1989), M.A. Contact:DeutschJ@si.edu, Daz-Carrera, Cristina,Curator. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. The National Endowment for the Arts, also headquartered in Washington, D.C., offers support and funding to both new and established art media. nmaahc.si.edu. What unique knowledge is lost when a language has lost its last native speaker? The Smithsonian collaborated with Haitian colleagues to establish facilities and training programs, saving and treating some 35,000 endangered artworks and artifacts. (2005) Occidental College; Ph.D. (2017) UCLA. In addition to daily performances and activities on the National Mall, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival recommends events and exhibitions relating to our programs at other Smithsonian museums and venues around Washington, D.C. All events are free unless otherwise noted. View ratings, addresses and opening hours of best restaurants. project is a collaboration between the people of Armenia, the Smithsonian, and USAID. In their "Artisan Initiative"., CFCH is dedicated to building the sustainability of craft traditions of individuals and groups. Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine, Roots of Virginia Culture: The Past is Present, Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2005), Haiti: Freedom and Creativity from the Mountains to the Sea, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2004), South Africa: Crafting the Economic Renaissance of the Rainbow Nation, The Baltic Nations: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women, Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds, The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation, Culture and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Masters of Traditional Arts: The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows, Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Culture in the Americas, The Changing Soundscape in Indian Country, Forest, Field and Sea: Folklife in Indonesia, Roots of Rhythm and Blues: The Robert Johnson Era, Les Ftes Chez Nous: France and North America, The Caribbean: Cultural Encounters in the New World, Ingenuity and Tradition: The Common Wealth of Massachusetts, Migration to Metropolitan Washington: Making a New Place Home, Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union, Cultural Conservation and Languages: America's Many Voices, Cultural Conservation: Traditional Crafts in a Post-Industrial Age, Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia, National Heritage Fellowships Program (1983), National Heritage Fellowships Program (1982), Music and Crafts of the Southeastern United States, Community Activities and Food Preservation, Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1978), Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1978), Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1977), Folklife in the Museum: Hall of Musical Instruments, Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1977). The impact of the Center is felt far beyond the National Mall. Contact:LinnM@si.edu, Motley, Sabrina Lynn, Director, Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Research specialties: City and regional planning, cultural sustainability, elevation of cultural practices to improve local economies. This is the moment when the CFCH took notice. As the one-year anniversary of the deadly 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, we take a close look at the ongoing work of hundreds of professionals across a landscape of Ukrainian and international organizations to defend endangered cultural heritage. Contact:ClarkLE@si.edu, Crdova, Amalia,Latino Digital Curator of New and Emerging Media. Junior Volunteer at Festival of American Folklife, 1986. Generous contributions from Edward and Helen Hintz and Brad Freeman have helped support the effort, as have family and friends of Jamie Seltzer and Logan Cohen who, in lieu of gifts to the newlyweds, and at their direction, donated to the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative. (2007), Ph.D. (2015) New York University. In addition to daily performances and activities on the National Mall, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival recommends events and exhibitions relating to our programs at other Smithsonian museums and venues around Washington, D.C. All events are free unless otherwise noted. [5] Morris had no professional museum experience. Stryelnikova needed passenger vans to carry teams of up to 16 conservators daily along with equipment and supplies around the country to service stored but still endangered collections. Research specialties: Occupational folklife, veterans of World War II, American film and mass media. But the centers few vehicles were needed for civil defense purposes and thus unavailable. Painters Rolando Mayen and Paula Kaufman in the Office of Exhibits Central's Graphics Department created these authentic commercial signs for the music tent in the Borderlands' program at the 1993 Festival of American Folklife. Research specialties: Ethnomusicology, audiovisual archives, music industry, social organization, cosmology, ritual, oral narrative, South American Indians, Brazil. (2012) Leiden. Julia Lopez, a needle craft artist from California, demonstrates Mexican stitchery at the 1978 Festival of American Folklife. (1996) Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile; M.A. Visitors at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2002. Year after year, it continues to bring musicians, artists, performers, craftspeople, workers, cooks, and storytellers into this public forum to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and aesthetics that embody the creative vitality of community-based traditions. The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is home to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, a public resource named for the founding director of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Contact:MotleyS@si.edu, NDiaye, Diana Baird, Cultural Specialist and Curator. (1978) Kenyon College; M.L.S. B.A. (1964), Ph.D. (1973) University of Pennsylvania. (1978) Arizona State University. B.A. (1979) State University of New York, Stony Brook; Ph.D. (1997) Union Institute. Research specialties: Public sector folklore and ethnomusicology,traditional musicand museums, popular folk musics of Latin America, mariachi music in Mexico and the U.S. [8], The Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has as its stated mission to curate and provide public access to each item in their collection of folk music, spoken word, instruction, and sounds from around the world. Since then, the label has expanded on Asch's vision of documenting and preserving music and soundscapes from around the world. Smithsonian Folkwaysisdedicated tosupporting cultural diversityandincreased understanding among peoplesthrough the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. As such, it overlaps with topical arts programs brought to the National Mall each summer during the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. South Africa Program at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 1999. The first lady spoke eloquently of the importance of history, art and culture in defining the identity of the Ukrainian people. Contact:CadavalO@si.edu, Leopold, Robert, Research Associate. Behind the dancers is the sculpture "Infinity." They have tackled challenges and found solutions to questions like: Whats the best way to pack hundreds of paintings quickly? Various alternatives failed, but thanks to contacts through the U.S. State Department, the Smithsonian enlisted Uber, which had been providing free transport for refugees fleeing Ukraine and even for relocating them in neighboring countries. Research specialties: Occupational folklife, veterans of World War II, American film and mass media. Poshyvailo was intimately familiar with the Smithsonians work, having served as a Fulbright scholar in 2010 while the institution mobilized on-the-ground efforts to save cultural heritage in Haiti following a devastating earthquake. B.A. The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is a research center of the Smithsonian Institution. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has wrongly made culture both a justification and an object of war with Ukraine. Contact Soeun directly . (1976) Simmons College; M.A. Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures The centers collections are global in perspective, covering world ethnic performance traditions, spoken-word recordings, sounds of science and nature, occupational folklore and family folklore. Morris and Rinzler were named Washingtonians of the Year. How can we ensure that ancient manuscripts best survive freezing temperatures, given the lack of heat in winter? View of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall, 2004. Given satellite coverage, they can reference images over a period of time to pinpoint when the damage occurred and how extensive it is. Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine, Roots of Virginia Culture: The Past is Present, Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2005), Haiti: Freedom and Creativity from the Mountains to the Sea, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2004), South Africa: Crafting the Economic Renaissance of the Rainbow Nation, The Baltic Nations: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women, Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds, The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation, Culture and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Masters of Traditional Arts: The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows, Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Culture in the Americas, The Changing Soundscape in Indian Country, Forest, Field and Sea: Folklife in Indonesia, Roots of Rhythm and Blues: The Robert Johnson Era, Les Ftes Chez Nous: France and North America, The Caribbean: Cultural Encounters in the New World, Ingenuity and Tradition: The Common Wealth of Massachusetts, Migration to Metropolitan Washington: Making a New Place Home, Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union, Cultural Conservation and Languages: America's Many Voices, Cultural Conservation: Traditional Crafts in a Post-Industrial Age, Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia, National Heritage Fellowships Program (1983), National Heritage Fellowships Program (1982), Music and Crafts of the Southeastern United States, Community Activities and Food Preservation, Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1978), Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1978), Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1977), Folklife in the Museum: Hall of Musical Instruments, Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1977). Alarmed, the lab began geolocating cultural heritage sites in Ukrainerecording the coordinates of monuments and memorials, places of worship, cemeteries, museums, libraries, archives, performing arts centers, historical buildings and archaeological sites. Along with the artifacts of material culture, we are blanketed with artifacts of intangible cultural heritage, including traditions of performance, ritual, music, dance, knowledge, storytelling, and oral transmission. (1981), Ph.D. (1995) University of Pennsylvania. Ihor Poshyvailo, director of the Maidan Museum in Kyiv and co-founder of Ukraines Heritage Emergency Response Initiative, along with his crew, salvages the remains of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary built in 1862 and shelled by the Russians in March 2022. [note 1] Its budget comes primarily from grants, trust monies, federal government appropriations, and gifts, with a small percentage coming from the main Smithsonian budget.[2]. Research specialties: Ethnomusicology, audiovisual archives, music industry, social organization, cosmology, ritual, oral narrative, South American Indians, Brazil. (2005) University of California, Los Angeles; PGCert. (1988) Brown University; M.A. Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use), Living traditions of, by, and for the people. Rinzler had previously worked at the Newport Folk Festival, and brought with him both the know-how and connections needed to pull together a new DC folk festival. These . Contact:YoungerE@si.edu, Office of Academic Appointments and Internships, Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study (SORS) Intro. Sometimes collections are in disarray, evidence of hurried packing and evacuation. Your Privacy Rights Research specialties: Cultural anthropology, cultural heritage presentation and representation, cultural performance and social activism, museum programming and public engagement. B.A. Originally part of the Smithsonian's Division of Performing Arts, a separate Office of Folklife Programs was created in 1980. In the space of 15 years on the international playing field folklore has been rebranded as cultural heritage. (1979) Emory University; Ph.D. (1991) George Washington University. Since 1967 the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has taken place at the National Mall and featured ongoing performances and demonstrations of contemporary cultural traditions. Using that data, the labs analysts are able to see how closely the heat signatures align with cultural sites. At the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, visitors admire the Pakistani hand-painted truck originally brought to the Smithsonian for the 2002 Folklife Festival. In presenting the Smithsonians contribution to that effort, we could not have been prouder. These were successfully concluded in 1987, and this collection became the core of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, a rich resource for the study of folk culture and music. Research specialties: Material culture, folklore and education, public programming. When we think about war, what comes to mind is that quest for power and territory, the violent use of destructive armaments and the horrific costs incurred in human lives lost and shattered. Director, Smithsonian Folklife Festival. National Museum of African American History and Culture B.A. B.A. Despite this, in 2014 Putin pursued his territorial ambitions by supporting ethnic Russian separatists in the Donbas region and forcibly taking Ukraines Crimean Peninsula. (1989), M.A. It posited that these components must work in concert with each other to insure that current development does not impede development in the future. The National Park Service has as one of its objectives the preservation of historic sites, partnering with CFCH in their concerns for the cultural sustainability of both tangible and natural cultural resources. Building on the awareness raised since the beginning of the century by a suite of UNESCO Declarations and Conventions, the centers Cultural Sustainability Research Group is at the forefront of a shift from reified and ossified discourses of preservation to more dynamic and ecological models of sustainability. How, then, could conservators make house calls around the country at facilities storing collections of art, artifacts, books, documents, photographs and scientific specimens that documented the richness of Ukraines history, art, culture and scientific achievement? Ph.D. (1979) University of California, Los Angeles. Research specialties: cultural presentation and representation,cultural heritage policy, cultural disaster and response, material culture studies, museum controversies, indigenous knowledge systems, cultures of south Asia and the United States. At a meeting in 1989, they published a "Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore". Ralph Rinzler Performs at Festival of American Folklife, 1988. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian. (2001) Youngstown State University; M.A. With most of the worlds languages severely threatened, thousands of language communities have committed to revitalization eorts, from documentation and renewal to maintenance. This project responds to that urgency by developing robust comparative research on revitalization eorts in six minority language communities. (1983), Ph.D. (1991) Indiana University. The record label originated as the Folkways Records of Moe Asch, which were donated to the Smithsonian in 1989 under the unique condition that all records in the collection remain available "forever", regardless of sales. Research specialties: English country dance in the U.S., Scottish traditional song and the Folk Revival, comparative British and Appalachian folksong traditions. Search millions of objects in the collections including photographs, artworks, artifacts, scientific specimens, manuscripts, sound records, and transcripts. B.A. As part of SCRIs expanding research and training activities, Poshyvailo became first a trainee and then an instructor for the program and stayed in close contact with Wegener. [12] By acknowledging culture to be independent and separate from the social development of individuals, it recognizes the power and role of cultural structures and forms to give shape and meaning to a social group. Support the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Thanks to the generosity of people like you, the Center is helping to sustain the world's cultural diversity by building understanding, strengthening communities, and reinforcing our shared humanity. (1973) Scripps College, M.A. A Lithuanian blacksmith demonstrates his skills in the Baltic Nations program during the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use), Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert, Vn-nh Vanessa V. Hawaiian participants are seen here riding a the downpour in a traditional Pa'u parade. (1983), Ph.D. (1991) Indiana University. (1972) State University of New York, Buffalo; M.A. (2004 and 2012) University of Maryland. Russia and its supporters were strategically marking the territory as Russian to solidify Moscows claimsand seemingly as a prelude to more aggressive moves. (2011) New York University. B.A. The program brings together community-driven research and documentation, product development, enterprise training, world-class design development and a suite of tools artisans can use to unlock access to both local and international markets. In the practical implementation of cultural sustainability, CFCH also manages three different projects where the theoretical finding of this research can be put to test in the field. Research specialties: Cultural heritage studies, ethnomusicology, Asian studies, cultural policy, Indonesian performing arts, education, development studies, international relations. University of California, Los Angeles. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is a public resource home to hundreds of thousands of videos, films, photographs, sound recordings, and field reports that document cultural traditions, maintained with an increasing commitment to digital accessibility and shared stewardship. Spirit in the Dark examines Black religious life through a selection of photographs from the Johnson Publishing Company, publisher of Ebony, Jet, and Negro Digest. B.A. Notably, more than 500 are religious sitesplaces of worship and cemeterieswith those of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church specifically targeted. Research specialties: American folklife, material culture, building arts, occupational folklife, Italian-American folklore, culture and aging, oral history, cultural and linguistic sustainability, public programming. Cultural Sustainability Research in Action. The Festival takes place for two weeks every summer overlapping the Fourth of July holiday. B.A. (1979) State University of New York, Stony Brook; Ph.D. (1997) Union Institute. (1979) State University of New York at Binghamton; M.A. Support the Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, sustainability projects, educational outreach, and more. These attacks are not just random, nor do they represent collateral damage. Ripley, S. Dillon. Rather, they suggest a targeted attack on Ukrainian history, culture and identity, a means toward Putins endsthe destruction is a deliberate attempt to obliterate Ukrainian history and culture. Mailing Address: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Institution P.O. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. He spearheaded the protracted negotiations to purchase the Folkways music collection from Moe Asch, including both recordings and business files. Senior Folklorist Emeritus. Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian's Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large, has served as the institution's Under Secretary and as director of the Center for Folklife and Cultural . 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