Taquile Musicians from Peru at Festival of American Folklife, 1991. [6] This was non-standard for the Smithsonian, and guaranteed to provoke curators accustomed to operating in orderly museum buildings.[7]. 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. (1996) Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile; M.A. Hayride String Band at Festival of American Folklife, 1985. But the ambassador was unambiguous in her confidence that the Russians would not succeed. (1989), M.A. The task at first was overwhelming. Director:Michael Atwood MasonTotal Full-Time Employees:45Annual Budget (federal, trust and business activities) FY 2017:$10 million. To facilitate this, Ripley appointed James R. Morris as the Smithsonian's first Director of Museum Services. 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. 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. (1991), Ph.D. (1998) University of California, Los Angeles. (2004 and 2012) University of Maryland. The process is detailed, time-consuming and sometimes frustrating. (2005) Occidental College; Ph.D. (2017) UCLA. We work with communities in the United States and around the world to encourage the understanding, appreciation, and vitality of humanitys diverse living cultural heritage. (1967) Harvard University; M.A. Smithsonian Folkwaysisdedicated tosupporting cultural diversityandincreased understanding among peoplesthrough the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. (1974), Ph.D. (1981) University of Chicago. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's, International media Interoperability Framework. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has wrongly made culture both a justification and an object of war with Ukraine. B.A. We publish stories about music, food, craft, language, celebrations, activism, and the individuals and communities who sustain these traditions. This page was last edited on 8 December 2021, at 08:10. Research specialties: Sound archives, archives, traditional musicof the United States, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, record production, history of sound recordings. The Smithsonian Latino Center (SLC) is now a part of the National Museum of the American Latino. 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. Curator, American Womens Music. The Smithsonian Artisan Initiative is dedicated to building the sustainability of traditional culture. 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. In the space of 15 years on the international playing field folklore has been rebranded as cultural heritage. They focus on American, and more specifically Euro-American, African American, Caribbean and Native American musical and performance traditions. He founded the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative. 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. Like Poshyvailo and his HERI teams, conservators across Ukraine have taken stock of the situation, salvaging collections and materials as best they can. 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. The compound name, Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage, epitomizes an ongoing transition within the field of cultural studies. James Deutsch is a curator and editor at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution. 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. 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. How is this defined, and how is it measured? Research specialties: Caribbean/Latin American studies, Latino music, cultural representation. 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. 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. Contact:Marjorie@si.edu, Kim, Sojin, Curator. [note 4] Through these connections with external networks and strategic cultural partners, best practices and challenges emerge to inform the future of cultural heritage policy and practice at the Smithsonian. 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. Research specialties: American folklife, material culture, building arts, occupational folklife, Italian-American folklore, culture and aging, oral history, cultural and linguistic sustainability, public programming. 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. 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, Ralph Carter Rinzler, 59, was former Assistant Secretary for Public Service and founding Director of the Festival of American Folklife. Ripley, S. Dillon. In presenting the Smithsonians contribution to that effort, we could not have been prouder. (1970) Williams College; M.A. Using satellite imagery, the labs team examined the cultural damage caused by another Haitian earthquake, Taliban attacks on cultural sites in Afghanistan and the treatment of cultural resources in areas contested by Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. Mailing Address Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Institution P.O. Once approved by Ripley, Morris hired Ralph Rinzler to help him produce this festival for the upcoming summer 1967. 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 . 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. 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. B.A. (1976) University of Minnesota; M.Ln. B.A. 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. 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. 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. [3] Instead of collecting and curating objects, both the Festival and the Folkways units at CFCH collect, research, and produce experiences. 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. Since 2003, he has helped plan and develop public programs on California, China, Hungary, Peace Corps, Apollo Theater, Circus Arts, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mekong River, U.S. Forest Service, World War II . From our earliest musical encounters to the formation of complex social identities, the American musical landscape wouldnt be what it is today without the countless contributions of women changemakers, groundbreakers, and tradition-bearers. 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. 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. Ph.D. (1979) University of California, Los Angeles. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Putin, though, claims that Ukrainians lack the history, culture and identity worthy of a national state separate from Russia. Box 37012, MRC 520 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012. These . (1974), Ph.D. (1981) University of Chicago. 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. 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. Over the past decades, the Festival has brought more than 23,000 musicians, artists, performers, craftspeople, workers, cooks, and storytellers from more than 90 nations and the United States to demonstrate their skills, artistry, knowledge, and wisdom. 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. The Center hosts the annual Folklife Festival on the National Mall and is home to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Research specialties: American folklife, material culture, building arts, occupational folklife, Italian-American folklore, culture and aging, oral history, cultural and linguistic sustainability, public programming. National Museum of African American History and Culture (1973) Scripps College, M.A. 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. 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. 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. Research specialties: Public sector folklore and ethnomusicology,traditional musicand museums, popular folk musics of Latin America, mariachi music in Mexico and the U.S. Research specialties: Occupational folklife, veterans of World War II, American film and mass media. 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. It began with the first Festival of American Folklife in 1967. 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. (1977) Smith College; M.A. [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. Particularly strong are collections of traditional music, occupational folklore, narrative, immigration, and family folklore. Search millions of objects in the collections including photographs, artworks, artifacts, scientific specimens, manuscripts, sound records, and transcripts. Research specialties: Music history, library and information sciences, ethnomusicology, multicultural history of the banjo. 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. A Lithuanian blacksmith demonstrates his skills in the Baltic Nations program during the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Research specialties: Latin American and Latino studies, American cultural history, material culture, folklife. 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. Currently there are three main research areas actively sponsored by CFCH. Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism and Popular Culture Research specialties: Occupational folklife, African folklife, epic, narrative, proverbs, computer applications in folklore, intangible cultural heritage 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. (1964), Ph.D. (1973) University of Pennsylvania. The lab has also used satellite monitoring to document looting. B.A. Contact:ClarkLE@si.edu, Crdova, Amalia,Latino Digital Curator of New and Emerging Media. Research specialties: Sound archives, archives, traditional musicof the United States, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, record production, history of sound recordings. Rinzler worked at the center until his death in 1994. 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. Music HerStory: Women and Music of Social Change But the centers few vehicles were needed for civil defense purposes and thus unavailable. Research specialties: Ethnographic and Indigenous archives, information ethics, language revitalization, indigenous knowledge systems, knowledge repatriation, Africa. (1983), Ph.D. (1991) Indiana University. (2011) New York University. In 2010, a fourth component was added to this model: culture. Contact:KimSO@si.edu, Kurin, Richard, Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large. The Smithsonian, in an effort to document cultural war crimes as defined by the 1954 Hague Convention, shares its findings with Ukrainian cultural colleagues, and with the U.S. Department of States Conflict Observatory. Russia and its supporters were strategically marking the territory as Russian to solidify Moscows claimsand seemingly as a prelude to more aggressive moves. M.A., Ohio State University. It is this contemporary shift that CFCH bridges in its compound title of Folklife & Cultural Heritage. The images in the exhibition spotlight noteworthy individuals and uplift objects from the museums collection, many on display for the first time. This identity is indeed an explicit target of Putins war, she said. 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. Research specialties: Native American and Pacific Rim material culture, contemporary Native American art, museum practice. Taquile musicians from Peru perform in the "Land in Native American Cultures" program at the 1991 Festival of American Folklife held on the National Mall, Washington, D.C. Exhibits Staff at Festival of American Folklife, 1993. Building on the awareness raised since the beginning of the century by a suite of UNESCO Declarations and Conventions, the centers Cultural Sustainability Research Group is at the forefront of a shift from reified and ossified discourses of preservation to more dynamic and ecological models of sustainability. 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. 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. The Rockefeller Foundation enlisted the Omidyar Group to pitch in, as did others. Search millions of objects in the collections including photographs, artworks, artifacts, scientific specimens, manuscripts, sound records, and transcripts. Spirit in the Dark examines Black religious life through a selection of photographs from the Johnson Publishing Company, publisher of Ebony, Jet, and Negro Digest. (1977) University of North Carolina; Ph.D. (1988) University of Edinburgh. Curator and Senior Archivist. Then, theyve carefully re-packed them with an eye toward their long-term sustainability. In 2015, UNESCO inscribed the Moses and Frances Asch Collection into its Memory of the World International Register. 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. A relatively small but interesting and well-documented material culture collection includes iconic and other items from the Festival and the Centers projects. B.A. American regional and ethnic culturesNative American, African American, and Latino cultureare well-represented. At a meeting in 1989, they published a "Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore". 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. University of California, Los Angeles. B.A. Cloud cover over the region for days prevented good imagery. (1977) University of North Carolina; Ph.D. (1988) University of Edinburgh. B.A. Hawaii was the featured state in the 1989 Folklife Festival from June 23 - July 4. Curator. (1996) Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile; M.A. B.A. In concatenated form, it documents the shift from folklore to cultural heritage that has taken place in academics and in fieldwork within the last 15 years. Contact:smithsdl@si.edu, Younger, Erin,Research Associate. Its forms are, among others, language, literature, music, dance, games, mythology, rituals, customs, handicrafts, architecture and other arts. 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. [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. Research specialties: Ethnographic and Indigenous archives, information ethics, language revitalization, indigenous knowledge systems, knowledge repatriation, Africa. 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 specialties: Ethnomusicology, audiovisual archives, music industry, social organization, cosmology, ritual, oral narrative, South American Indians, Brazil. 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. 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. B.A. Contact:Diaz-CarreraC@si.edu, Holmgren, Meredith,Curator, American Womens Music. 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. 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. It now includes an extensive collection of traditional American music, children's music, and international music. 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. Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonians Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large, has served as the institution's Under Secretary and as director of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, among other leadership roles over his four decade-long Smithsonian career. C. Latino Digital Curator of New and Emerging Media. (1970) Williams College; M.A. While the archive, filled with paper documentation and other memorabilia, is traditionally considered to be museum material, the other two sections exemplify more accurately the direction CFCH is headed, with a "shift from reified and ossified discourses of 'preservation' to more dynamic and ecological models of sustainability". Among them was the Kosciuszko Foundation, a Polish American organization that, with funding and advice from the Smithsonian, has provided emergency stabilization supplies for dozens of Ukrainian museums from its offices in Warsaw. The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is a research center of the Smithsonian Institution. [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]. 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? The Smithsonians 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. 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. Cultural Sustainability Research in Action. The Smithsonian collaborated with Haitian colleagues to establish facilities and training programs, saving and treating some 35,000 endangered artworks and artifacts. The CFCH is one of several federal institutions to have related mandates. B.A. Where possible, theyve treated artworks and artifacts, and repaired damage. 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It has become a national and international model of a research-based presentation of intangible cultural heritage. There are restrictions for re-using this image. Music HerStory explores these contributions through unique media collections from across the Smithsonian. Your Privacy Rights Smithsonian Institution cultural center in the U.S. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Sustaining Minority Languages in Europe (SMiLE). Folklife Magazine explores how culture shapes our lives. B.A. 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). These are some of the issues investigated in this research area, which focuses specifically on the indigenous or minoritized languages of Europe. 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. View ratings, addresses and opening hours of best restaurants. 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. (2011) Leiden; M.Phil. (1987) University of Maryland. (2012) Leiden. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is planned and implemented annually by the Festival staff at the Folklife center. Contact:Leopold@si.edu. 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 . 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