B.A. 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. 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". 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. 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. [note 3]. 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. The minister asked the Smithsonian if we could determine its status from satellite imagery. (1993), A.B.D. Hawaii was the featured state in the 1989 Folklife Festival from June 23 - July 4. (1989), M.A. Smithsonian Institution cultural center in the U.S. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Sustaining Minority Languages in Europe (SMiLE). 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 A participant works on a quilt at the 1968 Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall, Washington, D.C. Yugoslav Dancers at Festival of American Folklife, 1973. The Smithsonian's 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. (2009) University of Hawaii at Mnoa/East West Center; M.A. 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. (2004 and 2012) University of Maryland. 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. The charge for this inquiry was set forth in 1992 with passage of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which mandates protection and promotion of historical regional and minority languages in Europe. 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. 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. Director:Michael Atwood MasonTotal Full-Time Employees:45Annual Budget (federal, trust and business activities) FY 2017:$10 million. B.A. [3] Instead of collecting and curating objects, both the Festival and the Folkways units at CFCH collect, research, and produce experiences. The Centers Cultural Sustainability program works with communities around the world to preserve and practice their living cultural heritage, seeking ways to make linguistic and artisanal traditions, as well as those associated with historical, built, and natural environments flourish for the civic, social and/or economic benefit of practitioners. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is a research-based presentation of living cultural heritage annually produced outdoors on the National Mall. (1976) University of Minnesota; M.Ln. This new platform is one of the ways in which the center is working to implement a strategic plan goal of convening conversations on topics of importance. M.A., Ohio State University. It has become a national and international model of a research-based presentation of intangible cultural heritage. (1996) Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile; M.A. B.A. (2012) Leiden. Given satellite coverage, they can reference images over a period of time to pinpoint when the damage occurred and how extensive it is. (2005) Occidental College; Ph.D. (2017) UCLA. Research specialties: Material culture, folklore and education, public programming. A variety of research projects undertaken by the Center and its staff document cultural traditions and address issues of heritage policy and professional representation practices that result in books, chapters, journal articles and other products. This includes not only the artifacts which are born-digital but also older analog forms which require reformatting for the digital world.[10]. Curator. Curator and Senior Archivist. In 2017, the label reached 251 million listeners through radio, online streaming and sales. The Washington Monument is visible in the background. B.A. It produces more than a dozen new recordings annually, some from the archives, and others from contemporary documentation and recording projects. Research specialties: Cultural heritage studies, ethnomusicology, Asian studies, cultural policy, Indonesian performing arts, education, development studies, international relations. Turning attention to Ukraine, a lab analyst noted an increase in the building of public monuments in Crimea and the Donbas91 of them. At the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, visitors admire the Pakistani hand-painted truck originally brought to the Smithsonian for the 2002 Folklife Festival. Research specialties: Intangible cultural heritage, Latin American music (specifically: USA, Mexico and Guatemala, Indigenous and migrant communities). IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Telephone: 202.633.6440 Fax: 202.633.6474 Email . To support Putins wrongful argument that Ukraine doesnt have a culture and history independent of Russia, his forces figure they can simply bomb away the countrys cultural heritage. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has wrongly made culture both a justification and an object of war with Ukraine. (1971) University of California, Santa Barbara; M.Litt (1975) University of Edinburgh; M.S.L.S. Svitlana Stryelnikova, director general of the National Research Restoration Center of Ukraine, and her staff of expert conservators at the headquarters in Kyiv and branch facilities in Kharkiv, Odesa and Lviv were charged with caring for Ukrainian national collections. He spearheaded the protracted negotiations to purchase the Folkways music collection from Moe Asch, including both recordings and business files. (1996) University of Kansas; Ph.D. (2001) University of Kansas. Contact:Leopold@si.edu. The compound name, Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage, epitomizes an ongoing transition within the field of cultural studies. 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 To date, the label has won six Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy, 10 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards and 30 Independent Music Awards. (1979) Emory University; Ph.D. (1991) George Washington University. (1977) University of North Carolina; Ph.D. (1988) University of Edinburgh. Contact:KimSO@si.edu, Kurin, Richard, Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large. This project responds to that urgency by developing robust comparative research on revitalization eorts in six minority language communities. Rinzler continued in the Festival organization, originally as part of the Smithsonian's Division of Performing Arts until a separate Office of Folklife Programs was created in 1980. This identity is indeed an explicit target of Putins war, she said. Spotlighting these questions also brings into sharp relief the shadow side of minority language communities, which are characteristically marked by poverty, isolation, segregation, travel restrictions, and censorship.[13]. 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. Warfare introduces a whole slew of challenges beyond the ken of typical museum workbut the Ukrainian conservators, collection managers, museum directors and others have been vigilant in their defense of those items documenting their nations history, art, culture and identity. 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. Ihor Poshyvailo, director of the Maidan Museum in Kyiv and co-founder of Ukraines Heritage Emergency Response Initiative, along with his crew, salvages the remains of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary built in 1862 and shelled by the Russians in March 2022. [6] This was non-standard for the Smithsonian, and guaranteed to provoke curators accustomed to operating in orderly museum buildings.[7]. B.A. B.A. (2005) University of California, Los Angeles; PGCert. Research specialties: Cultural anthropology, cultural heritage presentation and representation, cultural performance and social activism, museum programming and public engagement. For more on the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and its efforts in Ukraine, listen to the Smithsonians Sidedoor podcast and view the latest reports on cultural heritage damage in Ukraine. Research specialties: Public sector folklore and ethnomusicology,traditional musicand museums, popular folk musics of Latin America, mariachi music in Mexico and the U.S. These attacks are not just random, nor do they represent collateral damage. At the outset of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian cultural officials and leaders responded quickly to protect facilities and collections from the shelling and bombing. Educational projects including items like teachers guides, guides to oral history, and lesson plans for learning about particular traditions are distributed online and in hard copy. 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. Since then, the label has expanded on Asch's vision of documenting and preserving music and soundscapes from around the world. 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. Curator. 2023 Smithsonian Magazine The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is a public resource home to hundreds of thousands of videos, films, photographs, sound recordings, and field reports that document cultural traditions, maintained with an increasing commitment to digital accessibility and shared stewardship. It has become a national and international model of a research-based presentation of intangible cultural heritage. 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. 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. The Centers work is local, national, international, and global in scope. 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. The company generously embraced the challenge. (2012) Leiden. B.A. This paper defines the field as folklore and uses that term throughout its paper:[4]. 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. Folklorist, Curator, Education Specialist. (1987) University of Maryland. Mailing Address Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Institution P.O. Now that the festival organization and model were well established, Rinzler began to explore other varieties of folklife productions appropriate for a national museum. Research specialties: Ethnographic and Indigenous archives, information ethics, language revitalization, indigenous knowledge systems, knowledge repatriation, Africa. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH), Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum (CHNDM), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG), National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), National Museum of American History (NMAH), National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL), National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP), Smithsonian Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections Program, George Burch Fellowship in Theoretical Medicine and Affiliated Theoretical Science, Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (SARF). 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. Alberta at the Smithsonian Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions Nuestra Msica: Latino Chicago Special Events (2006) 2005 Food Culture USA Forest Service, Culture, and Community Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2005) Oman: Desert, Oasis, and Sea Special Events (2005) This eclectic collection of artifacts and activities came together at the Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage through a series of fortuitous and unplanned events. That enables the monitoring of bombings, missile strikes, artillery shelling and fires. The museum, located about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, was home to the nationally and internationally acclaimed folk art of Maria Prymachenko. 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. Building Arts and Traditional Architecture. Senior Folklorist Emeritus. (1973) New York University; M.A. B.A. 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. How is this defined, and how is it measured? Despite this, in 2014 Putin pursued his territorial ambitions by supporting ethnic Russian separatists in the Donbas region and forcibly taking Ukraines Crimean Peninsula. B.A. Once approved by Ripley, Morris hired Ralph Rinzler to help him produce this festival for the upcoming summer 1967. How much of the culture of a region is embodied in the actual vocabulary of its language? In 1964 the new Smithsonian secretary, S. Dillon Ripley, arrived in Washington with an innovative museum concept: he challenged curators to "take the objects out of their cases and make them sing". What precautions should be considered to avoid fire damage from shelling and water damage from extinguishing those fires? Research specialties: Ethnographic and Indigenous archives, information ethics, language revitalization, indigenous knowledge systems, knowledge repatriation, Africa. Research specialties: Asian American history and culture, Los Angeles history and culture, urban history, public history, vernacular landscape. Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine, Roots of Virginia Culture: The Past is Present, Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2005), Haiti: Freedom and Creativity from the Mountains to the Sea, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2004), South Africa: Crafting the Economic Renaissance of the Rainbow Nation, The Baltic Nations: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women, Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds, The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation, Culture and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Masters of Traditional Arts: The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows, Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Culture in the Americas, The Changing Soundscape in Indian Country, Forest, Field and Sea: Folklife in Indonesia, Roots of Rhythm and Blues: The Robert Johnson Era, Les Ftes Chez Nous: France and North America, The Caribbean: Cultural Encounters in the New World, Ingenuity and Tradition: The Common Wealth of Massachusetts, Migration to Metropolitan Washington: Making a New Place Home, Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union, Cultural Conservation and Languages: America's Many Voices, Cultural Conservation: Traditional Crafts in a Post-Industrial Age, Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia, National Heritage Fellowships Program (1983), National Heritage Fellowships Program (1982), Music and Crafts of the Southeastern United States, Community Activities and Food Preservation, Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1978), Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1978), Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1977), Folklife in the Museum: Hall of Musical Instruments, Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1977). Research specialties: Caribbean/Latin American studies, Latino music, cultural representation. B.A. (1970), Ph.D. (1974) University of Chicago. The festival was started by folklorist Ralph C. Rinzler (1934-1994). [9], The Archives' holdings were seeded by the business records of the Folkways Record label, which were acquired by the CFCH in 1987, and contain the business files of Lead Belly, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie among others. 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. The impact of the Center is felt far beyond the National Mall. Ph.D. (1979) University of California, Los Angeles. Contact:HolmgrenM@si.edu, Hunt, Marjorie, Folklorist, Curator, Education Specialist. Ralph Rinzler Performs at Festival of American Folklife, 1988. Research Associate. (1979) Emory University; Ph.D. (1991) George Washington University. (1974), Ph.D. (1981) University of Chicago. The Chinese Poetry Left at Angel Island, the "Ellis Island of the West" Angel Island Immigration Station was built in 1910 in the San . [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. 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. The first lady spoke eloquently of the importance of history, art and culture in defining the identity of the Ukrainian people. Their goal is to explore means and indicators for assessing the impacts of culture on sustainable development, to develop best practices for bringing culture into political and social policy, and to share their findings with individuals, communities and policymakers around the world. Support the Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Cultural Vitality Program, educational outreach, and more. Research specialties: Native American and Pacific Rim material culture, contemporary Native American art, museum practice. Rinzler had previously worked at the Newport Folk Festival, and brought with him both the know-how and connections needed to pull together a new DC folk festival. We thank you for your support! B.A. Cultural Sustainability Research in Action. 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). Contact:SheehyD@si.edu, Cadaval, Olivia, Research Associate. Along with the artifacts of material culture, we are blanketed with artifacts of intangible cultural heritage, including traditions of performance, ritual, music, dance, knowledge, storytelling, and oral transmission. (1983), Ph.D. (1991) Indiana University. Contact:ButvinHM@si.edu, Clark, Logan,Executive Assistant, Smithsonian Folkways. Research specialties: Ethnomusicology, audiovisual archives, music industry, social organization, cosmology, ritual, oral narrative, South American Indians, Brazil. Womens leadership in music and social change is central to the American story. Free to the public, the Festival drew 8.25 million visitors on site and online in 2017. Using that data, the labs analysts are able to see how closely the heat signatures align with cultural sites. 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. From the enslaved looking to the cosmos for freedom to popular sci-fi stories inspiring Black astronauts, to the musical influence of Sun Ra, OutKast, Janelle Monae, P-Funk, and more, this exhibition covers the broad and impactful spectrum of Afrofuturism. B.A. Since its inception in 1967, the Festival has highlighted artisans from all 50 states, more than 100 countries and nearly 70 occupations. For the past nine months, a squad of Uber drivers has made more than 200 trips and racked up more than 30,000 miles taking conservators to hundreds of museums and offsite storage locations throughout Ukraine. B.A. (1985) Wichita State University; M.A. B.A. 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. Through audio recordings and educational materials Smithsonian Folkways strengthens people's engagement with their own cultural heritage and enhances their awareness and appreciation of the cultural heritage of others. (2001) Youngstown State University; M.A. In their "Artisan Initiative"., CFCH is dedicated to building the sustainability of craft traditions of individuals and groups. (1981), Ph.D. (1995) University of Pennsylvania. 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 Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and its partners are aiding in the fight to protect the countrys history and to document attempts to erase it. Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large. The task at first was overwhelming. To this day, the festival features performers, crafts people, and community groups from the United States and foreign countries. (1976) Simmons College; M.A. B.A. Currently there are three main research areas actively sponsored by CFCH. (1973) New York University; M.A. B.A. Mailing Address: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Institution P.O. Research specialties: Cultural anthropology, cultural heritage presentation and representation, cultural performance and social activism, museum programming and public engagement. The National Endowment for the Arts, also headquartered in Washington, D.C., offers support and funding to both new and established art media. (2007), Ph.D. (2015) New York University. 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