At the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, visitors admire the Pakistani hand-painted truck originally brought to the Smithsonian for the 2002 Folklife Festival. Russias war against Ukraine and its people is a clear and terrible affront to humanity and a violation of fundamental rights recognized in those accords. 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. 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. Using that data, the labs analysts are able to see how closely the heat signatures align with cultural sites. Contact Soeun directly . In a September 2022 presentation in New Yorks Ukrainian Museum during United Nations General Assembly week, Ukraines first lady Olena Zelenska and Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova clearly articulated this point. Research specialties: Public sector folklore and ethnomusicology,traditional musicand museums, popular folk musics of Latin America, mariachi music in Mexico and the U.S. This new platform is one of the ways in which the center is working to implement a strategic plan goal of convening conversations on topics of importance. Nevertheless, he proposed to stage an outdoor festival on the National Mall during the summer, building on his previous career as both performer and manager in the music industry. 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. But the ambassador was unambiguous in her confidence that the Russians would not succeed. Support the Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, sustainability projects, educational outreach, and more. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has wrongly made culture both a justification and an object of war with Ukraine. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the institutions nonprofit record label, representing the collections and productions of nearly two dozen companies and organizations, documenting the diversity of the worlds musical and spoken-word heritage and creativity. B.A. Together they reflect diverse aspects of the Black religious experience and testify to the role religion has played in the struggle for human dignity and social equality. Research specialties: Cultural heritage studies, ethnomusicology, Asian studies, cultural policy, Indonesian performing arts, education, development studies, international relations. Accessibility, Diversity & Inclusion, Anthropology - Cultural, Archival, Collections Management, Communication & Marketing, Computer & IT, Crafts, Cultural Heritage, Curatorial, Design, Development & Fundraising, Education, Film, Music, Photography, Public Affairs & Social Media, Research & Analysis, Special Events & Festivals, Women's Studies, (1976) Simmons College; M.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. (2007), Ph.D. (2015) New York University. (1973) New York University; M.A. 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. 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 . 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. Search millions of objects in the collections including photographs, artworks, artifacts, scientific specimens, manuscripts, sound records, and transcripts. Using the (by then) well-established National Folk Festival as a model, he wanted to exhibit and celebrate different folk traditions from across the nation. Ralph Rinzler listens through headphones during the 1988 recording session for the album "Folkways: A Vision Shared." Building Arts and Traditional Architecture. (1972); Ph.D. (1989) George WashingtonUniversity. Seeger, Anthony, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Curator and Director Emeritus. Cloud cover over the region for days prevented good imagery. Research specialties: American folklife, material culture, building arts, occupational folklife, Italian-American folklore, culture and aging, oral history, cultural and linguistic sustainability, public programming. [note 2] As such, Smithsonian Folkways has become an important collection to the musical community to access and research these recordings from all over the world. Curator. (1970), Ph.D. (1974) University of Chicago. At the 1985 Festival of American Folklife, the Hayride String Band performs. 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. This research group brings together thought leaders, both digitally and in person, to explore some of the critical issues facing our nation and the world. Ralph Carter Rinzler, 59, was former Assistant Secretary for Public Service and founding Director of the Festival of American Folklife. Director, Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Despite this, in 2014 Putin pursued his territorial ambitions by supporting ethnic Russian separatists in the Donbas region and forcibly taking Ukraines Crimean Peninsula. 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Every summer since 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival brings together artisans, musicians, cooks and storytellers from around the world on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for performances, workshops, and demonstrations of living cultural expression. B.A. Visitors at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Lithuanian Blacksmith at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 1998. Cultural Specialist and Curator. | READ MORE. (1978) Arizona State University. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. They focus on American, and more specifically Euro-American, African American, Caribbean and Native American musical and performance traditions. At the July 3-14, 1974 Festival of American Folklife, Native Americans section, a woman participates in the blanket toss, a game in the World Eskimo Olympics. James Deutsch is a curator and editor at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution. The Centers work is local, national, international, and global in scope. B.A. Curator. (1970), Ph.D. (1974) University of Chicago. Ripley, S. Dillon. The images in the exhibition spotlight noteworthy individuals and uplift objects from the museums collection, many on display for the first time. B.A. Junior volunteer John McCauley demonstrates marblemaking to onlookers at the 20th Festival of American Folklife, in the Summer of 1986. Russia and its supporters were strategically marking the territory as Russian to solidify Moscows claimsand seemingly as a prelude to more aggressive moves. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an international exposition of living cultural heritage annually produced outdoors on the National Mall of the United States in Washington, D.C., by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. There are restrictions for re-using this image. project is a collaboration between the people of Armenia, the Smithsonian, and USAID. Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Morris, James R. Smithsonian Impresario: A Memoir by James Morris (2011). Smithsonian Institution cultural center in the U.S. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Sustaining Minority Languages in Europe (SMiLE). 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. To this day, the festival features performers, crafts people, and community groups from the United States and foreign countries. B.A. Research specialties: Africa and African Diaspora studies, immigrant and transnational culture and ethnicity, ethno-aesthetics, participatory research, cultural representation and cultural policy, culture and disability, multicultural education/social contexts. Intern at Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 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. Putin, though, claims that Ukrainians lack the history, culture and identity worthy of a national state separate from Russia. B.A. (1979) State University of New York, Stony Brook; Ph.D. (1997) Union Institute. This project responds to that urgency by developing robust comparative research on revitalization eorts in six minority language communities. 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. Contact:Marjorie@si.edu, Kim, Sojin, Curator. (1973) Scripps College, 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. 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. Contact:ButvinHM@si.edu, Clark, Logan,Executive Assistant, Smithsonian Folkways. Contact:HolmgrenM@si.edu, Hunt, Marjorie, Folklorist, Curator, Education Specialist. Search millions of objects in the collections including photographs, artworks, artifacts, scientific specimens, manuscripts, sound records, and transcripts. Smithsonian Folkwaysisdedicated tosupporting cultural diversityandincreased understanding among peoplesthrough the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. Research specialties: Ethnographic and Indigenous archives, information ethics, language revitalization, indigenous knowledge systems, knowledge repatriation, Africa. Mailing Address: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Institution P.O. The Centers Cultural Sustainability program works with communities around the world to preserve and practice their living cultural heritage, seeking ways to make linguistic and artisanal traditions, as well as those associated with historical, built, and natural environments flourish for the civic, social and/or economic benefit of practitioners. These . (1972) State University of New York, Buffalo; M.A. 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. This eclectic collection of artifacts and activities came together at the Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage through a series of fortuitous and unplanned events. Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures This linguistic shift can be documented more precisely in the language of the UNESCO treaties. B.A. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. The festival was started by folklorist Ralph C. Rinzler (1934-1994). Then, theyve carefully re-packed them with an eye toward their long-term sustainability. Native American Blanket Toss at Festival of American Folklife, 1974. Research specialties: Asian American history and culture, Los Angeles history and culture, urban history, public history, vernacular landscape. (2007), Ph.D. (2015) New York University. The greatest number of cases are associated with regions of the most aggressive Russian attacks: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol and Luhansk. [1] Its motto is "culture of, by, and for the people", and it aims to encourage understanding and cultural sustainability through research, education, and community engagement. In 2010, a fourth component was added to this model: culture. With nearly 60,000 tracks of digitized music and sound, Folkways is a cultural treasure with unique holdings in American folk, world music and childrens music, including special series dedicated to African American and Latino music. Research specialties: Sound archives, archives, traditional musicof the United States, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, record production, history of sound recordings. The Washington Monument is visible in the background. Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use), Living traditions of, by, and for the people. The American Folklife Center, at the nearby Library of Congress, limits its scope to American Folklife in contrast to the international scope of the CFCH. Contact:SheehyD@si.edu, Cadaval, Olivia, Research Associate. 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. Research specialties: Material culture, folklore and education, public programming. (1977) University of North Carolina; Ph.D. (1988) University of Edinburgh. Mexican Stitchery Demonstration at Festival of American Folklife, 1978. Research specialties: Caribbean/Latin American studies, Latino music, cultural representation. We work with communities in the United States and around the world to encourage the understanding, appreciation, and vitality of humanity's diverse living cultural heritage. Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundationrecalling the 2010 success of the Smithsonians Haiti Cultural Recovery Project hed supported when head of U.S. Agency for International Developmentpledged major support. Educational projects including items like teachers guides, guides to oral history, and lesson plans for learning about particular traditions are distributed online and in hard copy. (2009) University of Hawaii at Mnoa/East West Center; M.A. (1974), Ph.D. (1981) University of Chicago. Contact:YoungerE@si.edu, Office of Academic Appointments and Internships, Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study (SORS) Intro. (2012) Leiden. Telephone: 202.633.6440 Fax: 202.633.6474 Email . UNESCO arranged online meetings bringing together Ukrainians with European and American counterparts to discuss needs, resources and responses. (1978) Kenyon College; M.L.S. Research specialties: Indigenous, intercultural, and community media; digital media and performance;Afro-Brazilian expressive culture. This page was last edited on 8 December 2021, at 08:10. The inventory now includes more than 28,000 sites. B.A. Contact:AdamsG@si.edu, Belanus, Betty, Folklorist, Curator, Education Specialist. The Center builds cultural understanding, strengthens communities, and reinforces our shared humanity through the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Cultural Sustainability initiatives, research and educational programs and the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. How can we ensure that ancient manuscripts best survive freezing temperatures, given the lack of heat in winter? (1983), Ph.D. (1991) Indiana University. (1989), M.A. (1980), Ph.D. (1990) Indiana University. 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. (1988) Brown University; M.A. Curator, American Womens Music. B.A. Advertising Notice B.A. Research specialties: English country dance in the U.S., Scottish traditional song and the Folk Revival, comparative British and Appalachian folksong traditions. The Ukrainian language, the countrys art and its historyincluding the Slavic-Christian state centered in Kyiv a thousand years ago, the 19th-century flowering of Ukrainian culture and nationalism, the post-World War I Ukrainian republic, the Ukrainian independence movement of the early 1990s and its reaffirming Orange Revolution in 2004 and the Euromaidan Revolution in 2013-2014all represent an undeniable Ukrainian identity that is centuries in the making. As with all archives, the Folklife Archives is currently working to move its entire collection into digital format, thus enabling global access to the artifacts. For a list of individual collections included under the umbrella of Smithsonian Folkways, see, For specifics on research questions for this group, see, For a list of events sponsored by this research group, see, Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, "Sustaining Minority Languages in Europe (SMiLE)", Smithsonian Contributions and Studies Series, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Center_for_Folklife_and_Cultural_Heritage&oldid=1059238250. Warfare introduces a whole slew of challenges beyond the ken of typical museum workbut the Ukrainian conservators, collection managers, museum directors and others have been vigilant in their defense of those items documenting their nations history, art, culture and identity. The first Festival of American Folklife, with a budget of $4,900 and showcasing 84 participants, took place over the Fourth of July weekend 1967 on the National Mall and on the plaza of the Museum of History and Technology. The archive continues to grow in tandem with both the annual Folklife Festival, and the Folkways record label; it serves as the documentation and research foundation for the activities of these other two units of the CFCH. Contact:NDiaye@si.edu, Place, Jeffrey, Curator and Senior Archivist. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's, International media Interoperability Framework. And the work of organizations, including the Smithsonian, mobilized thanks to years of cultural heritage training efforts, is aiding the country in its effort to protect artifacts, books, documents and artworks from these insidious attacks. Hawaiian Participants at Festival of American Folklife, 1989, Quilter Demonstrates Her Craft at Festival of American Folklife, 1968. Director of Special Projects. Research specialties: Latin American and Latino studies, American cultural history, material culture, folklife. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Yugoslav dancers rehearse on the South Terrace of the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, before their performance at the seventh annual Festival of American Folklife, June 30 - July 8, 1973. (1987) University of Maryland. Over decades of research and production, we have created educational materials for cultural professionals, educators, and casual learners, including lessons plans, documentation handbooks, learning guides, and online exhibitions. Contact:Cordovaa@si.edu, Deutsch, James I., Curator. (1979) State University of New York, Stony Brook; Ph.D. (1997) Union Institute. (1976) University of Minnesota; M.Ln. The first lady spoke eloquently of the importance of history, art and culture in defining the identity of the Ukrainian people. This identity is indeed an explicit target of Putins war, she said. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. The task at first was overwhelming. Pakistani Hand-Painted Truck at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2007. (2009) University of Hawaii at Mnoa/East West Center; M.A. How can the Smithsonian help pack and move some 300,000 preserved plant specimensand quickly? Particularly strong are collections of traditional music, occupational folklore, narrative, immigration, and family folklore. (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. (2011) New York University. The recordings were bundled into the Smithsonian Folkways label. As such, it overlaps with topical arts programs brought to the National Mall each summer during the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. These . Given satellite coverage, they can reference images over a period of time to pinpoint when the damage occurred and how extensive it is. Following World War II, the nations of the world contemplated the armed conquest of neighbors, the Holocaust, genocide and mass execution, the restrictions of thought, movement, belief and association inflicted by the Nazi regime. We thank you for your support! B.A. Contact:Diaz-CarreraC@si.edu, Holmgren, Meredith,Curator, American Womens Music. (2012) Leiden. (1981), Ph.D. (1995) University of Pennsylvania. This research informs collaborations with communities working to sustain their most cherished cultural heritage: Sustaining Minority Languages in Europe Project. 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