(1981), Ph.D. (1995) University of Pennsylvania. 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. Research specialties: Material culture, folklore and education, public programming. B.A. 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. The Smithsonian Folkways Record label comprises a second team working at the center; they produce this non-profit music label with the goal of promoting and supporting the cultural diversity of sound. Curator, American Womens Music. Morris and Rinzler were named Washingtonians of the Year. This paper defines the field as folklore and uses that term throughout its paper:[4]. Once approved by Ripley, Morris hired Ralph Rinzler to help him produce this festival for the upcoming summer 1967. Smith College; M.A. Taquile Musicians from Peru at Festival of American Folklife, 1991. 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. 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. 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). University of California, Los Angeles. M.A., Ohio State University. The Rockefeller Foundation enlisted the Omidyar Group to pitch in, as did others. They followed the recommendations of an international committee chaired by Americas former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt in accepting the principles set forth in the historical milestone known as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which includes cultural rights and freedoms. (2009) University of Hawaii at Mnoa/East West Center; M.A. 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 SLC works collaboratively with Smithsonian museums and research centers, ensuring that the contributions of the Latino community in the arts, history, national cult Learn More Smithsonian Commemoration The Smithsonian at 175 Contact:LinnM@si.edu, Motley, Sabrina Lynn, Director, Smithsonian Folklife Festival. 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. Behind the dancers is the sculpture "Infinity." 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. This identity is indeed an explicit target of Putins war, she said. 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 inventory now includes more than 28,000 sites. 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. Privacy Statement Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian. B.A. B.A. 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? (1972) State University of New York, Buffalo; M.A. Pakistani Hand-Painted Truck at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2007. Curator. [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. Contact:YoungerE@si.edu, Office of Academic Appointments and Internships, Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study (SORS) Intro. Russia and its supporters were strategically marking the territory as Russian to solidify Moscows claimsand seemingly as a prelude to more aggressive moves. 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. Your Privacy Rights Given satellite coverage, they can reference images over a period of time to pinpoint when the damage occurred and how extensive it is. South Africa Program at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 1999. One of the early cultural casualties of the Russian invasion was the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum. 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, 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. (1989), M.A. Director:Michael Atwood MasonTotal Full-Time Employees:45Annual Budget (federal, trust and business activities) FY 2017:$10 million. 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. 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. The Washington Monument is visible in the background. 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. Curator of Language and Cultural Vitality. 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 specialties: American folklife, material culture, building arts, occupational folklife, Italian-American folklore, culture and aging, oral history, cultural and linguistic sustainability, public programming. It has become a national and international model of a research-based presentation of intangible cultural heritage. Russias war in Ukraine is particularly cruel in attacking civilian targets, and its also marked by a strong cultural elementone that is being met with resistance from not only Ukrainians, but also the international community and the Smithsonian Institution. (1979) Emory University; Ph.D. (1991) George Washington University. Research specialties: Latin American and Latino studies, American cultural history, material culture, folklife. Storing collections in places without proper climate control and inadequate air circulation often leads to the development of mold, fungus and other problems that have to be mitigated. While drawing on periods of the czarist Russian Empire and the Soviet era to make his case, Putin denies crucial cultural realities. (1985) Wichita State University; M.A. [6] This was non-standard for the Smithsonian, and guaranteed to provoke curators accustomed to operating in orderly museum buildings.[7]. 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. 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. 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 . Now that the festival organization and model were well established, Rinzler began to explore other varieties of folklife productions appropriate for a national museum. As such, it overlaps with topical arts programs brought to the National Mall each summer during the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Research specialties: Asian American history and culture, Los Angeles history and culture, urban history, public history, vernacular landscape. The process is detailed, time-consuming and sometimes frustrating. The third team at CFCH manages and curates the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. 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. But the centers few vehicles were needed for civil defense purposes and thus unavailable. 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. [note 3]. By the time of the Bicentennial Celebration 10 years later, the DC Folklife Festival had been incorporated into the festivities for the national party with activities scheduled throughout the summer. 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. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1998, the Festival was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to reflect its international interests, and in 1999 the office was renamed the Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage to reflect its research and public program functions. 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. Womens leadership in music and social change is central to the American story. Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use), Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert, Vn-nh Vanessa V. 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. The CFCH is one of several federal institutions to have related mandates. That enables the monitoring of bombings, missile strikes, artillery shelling and fires. The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is a research center of the Smithsonian Institution. Telephone: 202.633.6440 Fax: 202.633.6474, 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, Mailing Address Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Institution P.O. Since then, the label has expanded on Asch's vision of documenting and preserving music and soundscapes 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. 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. The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is a research and educational unit of the Smithsonian Institution. Research specialties: City and regional planning, cultural sustainability, elevation of cultural practices to improve local economies. Notably, more than 500 are religious sitesplaces of worship and cemeterieswith those of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church specifically targeted. In addition to those named above, the author wishes to thank Hayden Bassett, Katharyn Hanson, Brian Daniels and members of the SCRI, CHML, HERI and NRRC teams who have engaged in this cultural heritage work. Theyve conducted inventories and composed condition reports. University of California, Los Angeles. The museum, located about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, was home to the nationally and internationally acclaimed folk art of Maria Prymachenko. Satellite imagery from November 1 reveals the large trucks parked at the side of the museum and another vehicle, a van, stationed in its courtyard. (1985) Wichita State University; M.A. 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. Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use), Living traditions of, by, and for the people. These attacks are not just random, nor do they represent collateral damage. The impact of the Center is felt far beyond the National Mall. [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]. 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. The Festival takes place for two weeks every summer overlapping the Fourth of July holiday. Originally part of the Smithsonians Division of Performing Arts, a separate Office of Folklife Programs was created in 1980. The Centers work is local, national, international, and global in scope. 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. B.A. The compound name, Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage, epitomizes an ongoing transition within the field of cultural studies. Box 37012, MRC 520 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use), Living traditions of, by, and for the people. An active research group was formed to explore and articulate this concept of cultural sustainability. Search millions of objects in the collections including photographs, artworks, artifacts, scientific specimens, manuscripts, sound records, and transcripts. The Chinese Poetry Left at Angel Island, the "Ellis Island of the West" Angel Island Immigration Station was built in 1910 in the San . 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. Sometimes collections are in disarray, evidence of hurried packing and evacuation. Putin, though, claims that Ukrainians lack the history, culture and identity worthy of a national state separate from Russia. 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. Senior Folklorist Emeritus. 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 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. Ph.D. (1979) University of California, Los Angeles. Cookie Policy SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE & CULTURAL HERITAGE. (2011) New York University. 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. Particularly strong are collections of traditional music, occupational folklore, narrative, immigration, and family folklore. M.A., Ohio State University. Folklife Magazine explores how culture shapes our lives. (1991), Ph.D. (1998) University of California, Los Angeles. B.A. Ralph Carter Rinzler, 59, was former Assistant Secretary for Public Service and founding Director of the Festival of American Folklife. Dalai Lama at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2000. B.A. Junior volunteer John McCauley demonstrates marblemaking to onlookers at the 20th Festival of American Folklife, in the Summer of 1986. Contact:ButvinHM@si.edu, Clark, Logan,Executive Assistant, Smithsonian Folkways. Its forms are, among others, language, literature, music, dance, games, mythology, rituals, customs, handicrafts, architecture and other arts. Visitors enjoy the 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall. In 1998, the Festival was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to reflect its international interests, and in 1999 the office was renamed the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to reflect its research, as well as public program functions. Research specialties: Ethnographic and Indigenous archives, information ethics, language revitalization, indigenous knowledge systems, knowledge repatriation, Africa. Ralph Rinzler Performs at Festival of American Folklife, 1988. Folklife presentation, education, and research began at the Smithsonian Institution in 1967 with the first annual Festival of American Folklife held on the National Mall. 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. (2004) Barnard College, Columbia University; M.A. To date, almost 1,600 cases of potential damage to Ukrainian cultural heritage sites have been documented, including some 700 monuments and memorials, and more than 200 museums, archives and libraries. The Switzerland-based Aliph Foundation responded adroitly, quickly devoting several million dollars for packing and shipping supplies, fire extinguishers and other materials to scores of museums and institutions, and working closely with Ukrainian colleagues to improve collection storage facilities. Research specialties: Caribbean/Latin American studies, Latino music, cultural representation. 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. 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. Lithuanian Blacksmith at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 1998. 2023 Smithsonian Magazine (1971) University of California, Santa Barbara; M.Litt (1975) University of Edinburgh; M.S.L.S. Research specialties: Cultural anthropology, cultural heritage presentation and representation, cultural performance and social activism, museum programming and public engagement. 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