Monthly Archives: May 2008
Activist, Folk Musician, and Visionary Utah Phillips Dies
Democracy Now! aired an amazing program today with an interview with Utah Phillips from four years ago. This interview is wonderful. He talks about being sent to Korea, the importance of feminism, becoming a pacifist, the importance of learning from … Continue reading
“No One is Illegal,” most recent radio program from the show “Making Contact.”
This radio program is an edited version of a talk by Harjap Grewal, an organizer with the Canadian-based group, “No One is Illegal.” He discusses the ways in which NAFTA, the state sanctioned guest worker programs, and cooperations put profit … Continue reading
Appalachian Media Institute and Youth Radio Produced Piece, “Appalachia the Scapegoat for America’s Racism.”
A thoughtful and important essay from a 21 year old voter from Whitesburg. Listen.
Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World textbook
Rethinking Globalization:Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World textbook I just read about this textbook from Rethinking Schools. It was published in 2002. This resource textbook teaches students 4th-12th grades social justice issues as an interconnected web. As the authors … Continue reading
A New WPA: an article about the Employer of Last Resort Proposal
I just read this article in Dollars and Sense magazine. It discusses Agrentina’s experiment with job creation while also exploring the possibilities of the Employer of last Resort Proposal, a government job plan somewhat similar to the WPA. Although much … Continue reading
Human Rights Watch Posts Information on Racist US Drug War
According to a recent 67 page report published by Human Rights Watch, “although whites commit more drug offenses, African Americans are arrested and imprisoned on drug charges at much higher rates, the reports find.” This report by Human Rights Watch … Continue reading
The oral history and folklore of Climate Change and an extension of what we mean by PLACE.
In working with a few different oral history programs, I have always been intrigued by how much information these interviews about rural life in North Carolina, Arkansas, or central Kentucky contain about climate change. When men and women in their … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliographies now posted!
I have posted the annotated bibliographies, which you can find under the pages section of this blog. If there are books, articles or radio programs that you know of that I have not listed, please post and let me know!
Participatory Research in Folklore?
Participatory research is typically defined as a form of research which combines three things: research, education, and action. Strongly linked to social action, participatory research is largely becoming the norm in many fields which folklorists sometimes see as competitors in … Continue reading