Contact:Kurin@si.edu, Linn, Mary S.,Curator of Language and Cultural Vitality. For the past nine months, a squad of Uber drivers has made more than 200 trips and racked up more than 30,000 miles taking conservators to hundreds of museums and offsite storage locations throughout Ukraine. He founded the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative. Notably, more than 500 are religious sitesplaces of worship and cemeterieswith those of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church specifically targeted. American regional and ethnic culturesNative American, African American, and Latino cultureare well-represented. Since the beginning of the invasion, the Cultural Heritage Monitoring Lab, aided by the University of Maryland Center for Development and Conflict Management and a displaced Ukrainian Fulbright scholar supported by the Smithsonian, used remote sensing to identify some 1,600 cases of potential damage to Ukrainian cultural heritage sites. Research specialties: Occupational folklife, African folklife, epic, narrative, proverbs, computer applications in folklore, intangible cultural heritage policy. The trips are daunting, as the conservators traverse war zones and find museums and facilities severely damaged, bereft of roofs and walls, and lacking power and utilities. Curator of Language and Cultural Vitality. Research specialties: Language documentation and description, language revitalization, youth motivation in language vitality, language and cultural diversity especially in Oklahoma and American Southeast, community-based endangered languages archives, language policy. Music HerStory: Women and Music of Social Change Folklife Festival In alignment with the mission of the Smithsonian Institution,[11] the Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage is actively promoting and supporting research in fields under its purview. Many Ukrainian museums hastily evacuated their collections to other locations, sometimes to basements, underground storage facilities or safe sites removed from major Russian attack zones. (2005) University of California, Los Angeles; PGCert. At the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, visitors admire the Pakistani hand-painted truck originally brought to the Smithsonian for the 2002 Folklife Festival. Toward the end of the fierce battle for Kherson in November 2022, museum staff at the Kherson Regional Art Museum reported that dozens of Russian specialists and aides haphazardly loaded two trucks with some 10,000 artworks without proper packing. Behind the dancers is the sculpture "Infinity." Research specialties: Caribbean/Latin American studies, Latino music, cultural representation. This eclectic collection of artifacts and activities came together at the Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage through a series of fortuitous and unplanned events. B.A. Research specialties: Indigenous, intercultural, and community media; digital media and performance;Afro-Brazilian expressive culture. This research informs collaborations with communities working to sustain their most cherished cultural heritage: Sustaining Minority Languages in Europe Project. Contact:Leopold@si.edu. B.A. 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. B.A. (1996) University of Kansas; Ph.D. (2001) University of Kansas. 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, This collaborative project between the people of Armenia, the Smithsonian and USAID aims to deepen understanding of the countrys living traditions and heritage sites. The center is a research and educational unit of the Smithsonian that produces the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, exhibitions, symposia, publications and educational materials. The task at first was overwhelming. 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National Museum of American History (2012) Leiden. The Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and its partners are aiding in the fight to protect the countrys history and to document attempts to erase it. 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. (1972) State University of New York, Buffalo; M.A. (1971) University of California, Santa Barbara; M.Litt (1975) University of Edinburgh; M.S.L.S. Your Privacy Rights A third team involved in the more theoretical work on "cultural policy". The Archives documents the Centers work on the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Smithsonian Folkways, and contains the recordings, photographs, papers, and objects related to several historical record labels. (2004 and 2012) University of Maryland. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage | Smithsonian Institution Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is home to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Given satellite coverage, they can reference images over a period of time to pinpoint when the damage occurred and how extensive it is. Taquile Musicians from Peru at Festival of American Folklife, 1991. 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. (1970) Williams College; M.A. B.A. 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. Once again the subject matter was defined: Intangible Cultural Heritage means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, and skills as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts and cultural spaces associated therewith that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. The center is composed of three distinct units. 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. 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. An active research group was formed to explore and articulate this concept of cultural sustainability. (1976) University of Minnesota; M.Ln. B.A. B.A. Research Associate. Research specialties: Cultural heritage studies, ethnomusicology, Asian studies, cultural policy, Indonesian performing arts, education, development studies, international relations. In May 2022, Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy officials received reports of an attack on the Hryhorii Skovoroda Literary Memorial Museum, dedicated to an 18th-century Ukrainian poet, philosopher and composer and located in the tiny village of Skovorodynivka, near Kharkiv and the Russian border. This paper defines the field as folklore and uses that term throughout its paper:[4]. Since 1967 the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has taken place at the National Mall and featured ongoing performances and demonstrations of contemporary cultural traditions. The Sacred Grove: Essays on Museums. 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: Occupational folklife, veterans of World War II, American film and mass media. Originally part of the Smithsonian's Division of Performing Arts, a separate Office of Folklife Programs was created in 1980. This intangible cultural heritage, transmitted from generation to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, their interaction with nature and their history, and provides them with a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity. Since 1967 the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has taken place at the National Mall and featured ongoing performances and demonstrations of contemporary cultural traditions. The process is detailed, time-consuming and sometimes frustrating. The Center has an active website and features Folklife Magazine, a robust digital vehicle for publishing information about cultural traditions and contemporary issues aimed at a popular audience. But the ambassador was unambiguous in her confidence that the Russians would not succeed. (1979) Emory University; Ph.D. (1991) George Washington University. These . Street and Delivery Address: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Capital Gallery Building 600 Maryland Avenue SW Suite 2001 MRC 520 Washington, D.C. 20024. Research Associate. (2011) Leiden; M.Phil. 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. Native American Blanket Toss at Festival of American Folklife, 1974. 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. (1993), A.B.D. 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 . Ukrainians are fighting for their freedom, and in particular their freedom to be who they culturally are. In 2015, UNESCO inscribed the Moses and Frances Asch Collection into its Memory of the World International Register. The Center also produces major national cultural events consistent with its mission. B.A. 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. B.A. 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. The National Endowment for the Arts, also headquartered in Washington, D.C., offers support and funding to both new and established art media. Womens leadership in music and social change is central to the American story. This is the moment when the CFCH took notice. At a meeting in 1989, they published a "Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore". They have tackled challenges and found solutions to questions like: Whats the best way to pack hundreds of paintings quickly? (1972); Ph.D. (1989) George WashingtonUniversity. [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. 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. (2009) University of Hawaii at Mnoa/East West Center; M.A. A Lithuanian blacksmith demonstrates his skills in the Baltic Nations program during the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. project is a collaboration between the people of Armenia, the Smithsonian, and USAID. Hawaii was the featured state in the 1989 Folklife Festival from June 23 - July 4. B.A. It had a seven million-dollar budget, lasted twelve weeks and involved five thousand artists from every region in the United States and from 35 other nations. Research Associate. 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. It began with the first Festival of American Folklife in 1967. Cookie Policy Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large. Ambassador at Large, Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian collaborated with Haitian colleagues to establish facilities and training programs, saving and treating some 35,000 endangered artworks and artifacts. (1967) Harvard University; M.A. Seeger, Anthony, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Curator and Director Emeritus. The monuments lauded Russian triumphs, from the czarist empire, to Stalin and victory over the Nazis in World War II, to Russian heroes of 2014. library.si.edu. Ralph Carter Rinzler, 59, was former Assistant Secretary for Public Service and founding Director of the Festival of American Folklife. As such, it overlaps with topical arts programs brought to the National Mall each summer during the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. 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. Visitors enjoy the 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall. Research specialties: Material culture, folklore and education, public programming. 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. Contact:MotleyS@si.edu, NDiaye, Diana Baird, Cultural Specialist and Curator. 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. 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. The Smithsonian Artisan Initiative is dedicated to building the sustainability of traditional culture. B.A. The Smithsonian accessed funding provided by its federal appropriations and tapped stalwart donorsBank of America and the Mellon Foundation to support packing and protection efforts and the acceleration of its satellite monitoring work. In 2021, Wegener, in partnership with the Virginia Museum of Natural History, established the Cultural Heritage Monitoring Lab to examine the status of cultural sites in crisis zones based on methods developed for Syria and Iraq during the period of ISIS terrorism. Support the Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, sustainability projects, educational outreach, and more. Visitors at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Like Poshyvailo and his HERI teams, conservators across Ukraine have taken stock of the situation, salvaging collections and materials as best they can. (1996) Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile; M.A. 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. 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. 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. They focus on American, and more specifically Euro-American, African American, Caribbean and Native American musical and performance traditions. 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). 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. (1989), M.A. (1978) Arizona State University. Intern at Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Poshyvailo and fellow expert Vasyl Rozhko quickly formed the Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI), an organized network of Ukrainian cultural workers, aiming to gather money and supplies, make deliveries, provide advice, and help secure and safeguard facilities and collections. 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