Thoughts and links about Indigenous auto-ethnography, occupy movements, and social media distribution
Instead of just clicking “like” I thought I would try and explain why I like the following articles and media that I have recently come across through Facebook posts. This article, From Gustafsen Lake to Fish Lake: No Place for Violent Stand-Offs in Era of Youtube and Facebook, (written by Damien Gillis, 17 November 2011) got me thinking about how [...]
Adding to the Story: The Master from Flint Hill: Earl Scruggs – by Steve Martin, the New Yorker
It is really nice to read about the life of Earl Scruggs, and the manner in which he was open to, and tried out, new musical styles – like adding drums to his Earl Scruggs Revue “a bluegrass no-no,” as Martin says. Not to mention taking a stand on issues like racism and participating in [...]
Webcast – After Digital Repatriation
http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/webcasts/node/985 Watch a tired me (my son was up with Salmonella the night before) at UBC’s SLSAIS colloquia, November 16, 2011. Webcast – After Digital Repatriation: Articulations of Heritage, Community, and Cultural Property in a Northern Athapascan Hunting Group. Read the abstract. Thanks very much to Eric Meyers, Aaron Loehrlein, and Jody Perkins for [...]
Upcoming conference in Portugal: ECOMUSEUMS
ECOMUSEUMS 2012 CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 31st 2012. http://ecomuseums2012.greenlines-institute.org/ec2012website/
Sputnik Monroe and professional wrestling – their place in the Civil Rights Movement
Grappling with controversial issues is nothing new to wrestling. This Memphis Moment post describes the real-life impact that professional wrestler Sputnik Monroe had in desegregating Ellis Auditorium in the 1950s. Pete Daniel has also written about the role of sports (including pro wrestling) and popular music in breaking through social boundaries - because of their popularity with both European-American [...]
Upcoming Conference: Public Ethnography: Connecting New Genres, New Media, New Audiences
Conference: Public Ethnography: Connecting New Genres, New Media, New Audiences http://www.publicethnography.net/news/registration-public-ethnography-conference Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 1-2, 2012 Organizer: Phillip Vannini, (Communication & Culture, Royal Roads University Keynote speakers: Paul Stoller (Anthropology, West Chester University), Norman K. Denzin (Communication, University of Illinois).
The adaption of storytelling in the age of globalization
http://challengingtraditions.wordpress.com While checking out the networks section of the AFS website I stumbled across this blog post by folklorist Coppélie Cocq about an iPhone app that relays a traditional folktale through images, text and narration. Coppélie raises some great points about storytelling in digital environments and the innovations that keep the stories relevant to new [...]
Is this the new I Ching for webbed westerners? Take a narrative journey with the “Proppian Fairy Tale Generator”
This is fun for geeky structuralists. It could also be good for teaching intro courses and making structuralism seem more engaging. “You have reached the Proppian Fairy Tale Generator, an experiment in electronic (re)writing and an exploration of the retranslation of modernist theory within the electronic environment.” http://www.brown.edu/Courses/FR0133/Fairytale_Generator/gen.html
picture I like
Screenshot of Mary Ann Fisher, singer with the Ray Charles Band between 1955-1958, taken from the documentary Rovers, Wrestlers and Stars. This picture of Mary Ann Fisher was taken from my documentary, Rovers, Wrestlers and Stars, which PBS-KET keeps on rebroadcasting. The next showings are scheduled for January. Mary Ann passed away in 2004 just [...]
Photoethonography blog – great resource for choosing an HD-SLR
Photoethnography by Karen Nakamura I just talked to Lens and Shutter in Vancouver, and they said that the Panasonic GH2 can run for 30 minutes in full HD video mode without overheating, while the Canon Rebel T3i only lasts for 9 minutes – so that has helped me narrow down my choices. The sales guy [...]
finding vernacular tradition in the Occupy Movement
This article by Doug Ward in the Vancouver Sun shows the customs being used in the occupy movements. The human microphone has been both celebrated as a way to make sure all voices and perspectives are heard. It has also been criticized for incorrectly relaying messages, much like the game of “broken telephone”.
see “Rovers, Wrestlers and Stars” at the SVA Film & Media Festival in Montreal
Download the program for the SVA Film & Media Festival.
Traditional Arts Indiana webinar: using creative commons
Traditional Arts Indiana webinar recording: Using Creative Commons, led by Jason Baird Jackson in June, 2011. This is a terrific resource that would be great to use for teaching about vernacular culture, intellectual property systems, and issues in protecting cultural property. It also is a great example of a recording of a webinar and making [...]
Indigenous Law Conference/Workshop
An Exploratory Workshop: Thinking About and Practicing with Indigenous Law Traditions – Fort St. John, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2011.
KET Rebroadcast of Rovers, Wrestlers and Stars in Sept. and Oct. 2011
More info on the film Upcoming KET Airdates
Heritage and Individuals – upcoming conference in Finland
Wish I were going. 3rd Conference of the SIEF Working Group on Cultural Heritage and Property
Cultural Property on Google Maps – pros and cons
After reading Shelly Drummond-Demolli’s Jan 26 , 2011 Publore post on heritage mapping it got me thinking a bit. PROS: There have been some new great uses of the Internet for teaching about and displaying digital cultural heritage materials. For example, the work done by folklorist Dale Jarvis using twitter, google maps, and iPhones to share [...]
New Working Paper series on Cultural Property: CP101
These articles (linked below) are really great food for thought, especially for thinking about group versus individual CP and looking at the use of CP from inside and outside cultural groups. http://www.cultural-property.org/cp101 CP 101: Concepts and Institutions in Cultural Property is a Working Paper Series (ISSN 2191-7051) of the Göttingen Interdisciplinary Research Group on Cultural [...]
WKU distinguished prof – Williams helps put folklore on the map
http://bgdailynews.com/articles/2010/10/18/news/news3.txt
WKU screening Monday October 18 @ 4 pm – Rovers, Wrestlers and Stars
The WKU Folk Studies Program and Amber Ridington cordially invite you to a screening of Rovers, Wrestlers, and Stars: The Quonset Auditorium on Monday, October 18 at 4pm. This 35-minute documentary chronicles the life of Bowling Green’s Quonset Auditorium, which served local legends and national stars in the post-WW II entertainment boom. Please also join [...]
LVAA – Louisville Screening Sunday Oct. 17 @2:00 PM of Rovers, Wrestlers and Stars. Nelligan Hall, 2010 Portland Avenue, Louisville KY
Check out these links for more details and directions: LeoWeekly LVAA Blog
Film looks at Quonset Auditorium
Daily News; Bowling Green, Ky., Oct 3, 2010 | by SWITZER, LIZ Bowling Green’s old Quonset Auditorium – aka “The Most Happening Place in Town” in the mid-1940s to late ’50s – might be gone, but it is far from forgotten. The Quonset has earned a place in history and is now the subject of [...]
