This blog: Not just for folklorists anymore!
I’ve done a bit of revamping to this site to include a greater diversity of topics. Here’s some information about me and what you can find here.
My name is Meredith Martin-Moats, and I am an independent folklorist, radio producer, and freelance writer living in central Arkansas. Here you can find information about fieldwork, ruminations on folklife studies, oral history, human rights education, gardening and local food issues, inter-generational education, cultural sustainability, vernacular architecture, and the occasional post about motherhood, grief, and why I think clotheslines, marigolds, and dogs are wonderful.
I received my M.A. in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University in 2008, and before graduate school, worked for Northwest Arkansas Public Radio NPR affiliate KUAF as the host, oral historian, researcher, writer, and producer of Saturday Ozarks at Large program. I have worked with Kentucky Remembers!, a youth based human rights education project in partnership with the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, the West Kentucky African American Heritage Center in Russellville, KY, the Rural Heritage Development Initiative, Kentucky Community Scholars Program, and partnered with grassroots organizations in Arkansas. This blog started out as part of an independent study under the direction of Dr. Tim Evans, focusing on human rights-based education and folklore. If you would like to know more about any of this work, visit my portfolio here
Dover Martin and J.L. Martin discussing Chickelah, Arkansas
These days I am documenting oral histories in the central Arkansas area, working on research examining the possibilities at the intersection of folklife studies and human rights based education, researching the relationship between gardeners and their gardens in Arkansas, as well as doing freelance newspaper writing.
I’d love to hear from you.
Email me at meredithmartin_moats (at) yahoo.com