The topics and research areas that had been labeled as folklore and folklife are increasingly rebranded as topics within the purview of cultural studies. Particularly strong are collections of traditional music, occupational folklore, narrative, immigration, and family folklore. (1993), A.B.D. Lithuanian Blacksmith at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 1998. Contact:ButvinHM@si.edu, Clark, Logan,Executive Assistant, Smithsonian Folkways. The greatest number of cases are associated with regions of the most aggressive Russian attacks: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol and Luhansk. Research specialties: Cultural anthropology, cultural heritage presentation and representation, cultural performance and social activism, museum programming and public engagement. From the enslaved looking to the cosmos for freedom to popular sci-fi stories inspiring Black astronauts, to the musical influence of Sun Ra, OutKast, Janelle Monae, P-Funk, and more, this exhibition covers the broad and impactful spectrum of Afrofuturism. It posited that these components must work in concert with each other to insure that current development does not impede development in the future. One of the early cultural casualties of the Russian invasion was the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum. (1991), Ph.D. (1998) University of California, Los Angeles. (1987) University of Maryland. Curator, American Womens Music. The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage promotes greater understanding and sustainability of cultural heritage across the United States and around the world through research, education, and community engagement. The 10-day event provides a platform for cultural exploration, exchange and engagement. As in other regions of Europe, the population of the geographic region of modern Ukraine reflects a diversity of ethnic migrations and cultural influences, as well as a succession of political rulers and changing boundaries over millennia. The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center . Behind the dancers is the sculpture "Infinity." 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. While providing immediate protection, this presented another major problem. It is this contemporary shift that CFCH bridges in its compound title of Folklife & Cultural Heritage. 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. Collaborative Cultural Research and Public-Sector Folklore Presentation: An Ethnographic Study of the African Immigrant Folklife Study Project Awards And Honors Fellow, conferred by American Folklore Society, 2017 Affiliation Member Of Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Contact The Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage (CFCH) is one of three cultural centers within the Smithsonian Institution in the United States. Originally part of the Smithsonians Division of Performing Arts, a separate Office of Folklife Programs was created in 1980. Support the Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Cultural Vitality Program, educational outreach, and more. (2005) Occidental College; Ph.D. (2017) UCLA. Those trucks were later reported to have delivered the artworks to the Russian-controlled Central Museum of Tavrida in Simferopol, Crimea. Through Festival field and documentary research, curation, live programs, and digital storytelling, the Festival communicates an unwavering commitment to representing diverse cultures as a positive force for cultural equity, inclusivity, and the common good. National Museum of African American History and Culture In 2020, at a Washington, D.C. symposium organized by the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI), Ihor Poshyvailo, the director of the Maidan Museum in Kyiv, warned American and international colleagues that culture was becoming an object of war, as Russification policies in the regions captured in 2014 were aimed at diminishing a Ukrainian presence. This linguistic shift can be documented more precisely in the language of the UNESCO treaties. He spearheaded the protracted negotiations to purchase the Folkways music collection from Moe Asch, including both recordings and business files. B.A. (1981), Ph.D. (1995) University of Pennsylvania. Alberta at the Smithsonian Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions Nuestra Msica: Latino Chicago Special Events (2006) 2005 Food Culture USA Forest Service, Culture, and Community Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2005) Oman: Desert, Oasis, and Sea Special Events (2005) The Festival is an annual exposition of living culture held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for two weeks around the Independence Day holiday for audiences sometimes exceeding one million visitors. 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. In 1987, the office purchased the Folkways music collection which became the core of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, a rich resource for the study of folk culture and music. This includes not only the artifacts which are born-digital but also older analog forms which require reformatting for the digital world.[10]. The Centers work is local, national, international, and global in scope. Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage Blog | Smithsonian Magazine Smithsonian Voices From the Smithsonian Museums Introducing Graphic Artist Jean Young's Powerful New. The third team at CFCH manages and curates the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. It follows international standards in collecting and storing digital evidence for potential legal proceedings and seeks confirmation of damage and destruction from detailed satellite imagery and on-the-ground reports. Research specialties: Cultural heritage studies, ethnomusicology, Asian studies, cultural policy, Indonesian performing arts, education, development studies, international relations. He founded the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative. Then, theyve carefully re-packed them with an eye toward their long-term sustainability. In 2010, the Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy honored the Festival with a Best Practice Award for International Cultural Engagement, and, in 2017, the American Alliance of Museums recognized the Festival with a Sustainability Excellence Award. B.A. The Center also produces major national cultural events consistent with its mission. The process is detailed, time-consuming and sometimes frustrating. National Museum of African American History and Culture Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH), Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum (CHNDM), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG), National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), National Museum of American History (NMAH), National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL), National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP), Smithsonian Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections Program, George Burch Fellowship in Theoretical Medicine and Affiliated Theoretical Science, Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (SARF). Despite this, in 2014 Putin pursued his territorial ambitions by supporting ethnic Russian separatists in the Donbas region and forcibly taking Ukraines Crimean Peninsula. B.A. Research specialties: Ethnomusicology, audiovisual archives, music industry, social organization, cosmology, ritual, oral narrative, South American Indians, Brazil. (1993), A.B.D. The Smithsonian Latino Center (SLC) is now a part of the National Museum of the American Latino. (2012) Leiden. HERI mobilized to provide emergency packing materials. An image dated two weeks later, on February 27, depicts the museum roofless with major damage, while other nearby buildings remained undamagedan indication that the museum was specifically targeted. (1979) State University of New York, Stony Brook; Ph.D. (1997) Union Institute. The Center hosts the annual Folklife Festival on the National Mall and is home to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Curator of Language and Cultural Vitality. Music HerStory: Women and Music of Social Change Research specialties: American folklife, material culture, building arts, occupational folklife, Italian-American folklore, culture and aging, oral history, cultural and linguistic sustainability, public programming. [9], The Archives' holdings were seeded by the business records of the Folkways Record label, which were acquired by the CFCH in 1987, and contain the business files of Lead Belly, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie among others. (1978) Kenyon College; M.L.S. 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. Rinzler continued in the Festival organization, originally as part of the Smithsonian's Division of Performing Arts until a separate Office of Folklife Programs was created in 1980. Its forms are, among others, language, literature, music, dance, games, mythology, rituals, customs, handicrafts, architecture and other arts. The National Endowment for the Arts, also headquartered in Washington, D.C., offers support and funding to both new and established art media. (2004 and 2012) University of Maryland. Cookie Settings, Courtesy of National Research and Restoration Center, Courtesy of the Cultural Heritage Monitoring Lab, Courtesy of the National Research and Restoration Center, University of Maryland Center for Development and Conflict Management, Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI), International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property. The Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage promotes greater understanding and sustainability of cultural heritage across the United States and around the world through research, education and community engagement. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections contains an extensive collection that documents American and world traditions in research notes, videos, CDs, audio tapes, and still images. The Smithsonian Artisan Initiative is dedicated to building the sustainability of traditional culture. (2004) Barnard College, Columbia University; M.A. | READ MORE. Junior Volunteer at Festival of American Folklife, 1986. The museum, located about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, was home to the nationally and internationally acclaimed folk art of Maria Prymachenko. Contact:NDiaye@si.edu, Place, Jeffrey, Curator and Senior Archivist. Director:Michael Atwood MasonTotal Full-Time Employees:45Annual Budget (federal, trust and business activities) FY 2017:$10 million. (1974), Ph.D. (1981) University of Chicago. 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