Abell, Ruth Ann And Betty Mcgaughey (Fa 1254),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Abell, Ruth Ann And Betty Mcgaughey (Fa 1254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1254. Student paper titled “Ponds” in which Ruth Ann Abell and Betty McGaughey describe two ponds on farms located in Nelson County. Paper includes two black and white photographs of the ponds and a hand drawn illustration of a spring-fed pond.
Burgess, Viola (Fa 1253),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Burgess, Viola (Fa 1253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1253. Small collection titled “Bird Baths” in which Viola Burgess provides a brief description and one single black and white photograph of a bird bath.
Burgess, Viola, Et Al. (Fa 1252),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Burgess, Viola, Et Al. (Fa 1252), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1252. Small collection titled “Peddlers Anecdotes" in which students gathered together stories relating to traveling salesmen. Paper includes list of collectors and informants.
Aaron, Phillip Reeves (Fa 1247),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Aaron, Phillip Reeves (Fa 1247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1247. Student paper titled “The Scarevenger Hunt” in which Phil R. Aaron documents the use of scarecrows throughout Adair County. By using an ad in the local newspaper, a radio ad, and a telephone book, Aaron was able to interview residents about their connections, traditions, and beliefs surrounding the construction, decoration, and implementation of scarecrows. The paper contains photographs of various scarecrows, hand drawn illustrations of charts and data sets, and maps of the research area.
Cheser, Donald Bruce (Fa 1248),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Cheser, Donald Bruce (Fa 1248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1248. Student folk studies project titled “Report on One of Our Cultural-Economic Institutions of Rural America” which includes statistical data of general stores in Nelson County, Kentucky. Graphs may detail cultural and economic statistics and projections regarding this rural area.
Tyrie, Betsy And Colin Stephen,
2019
Western Kentucky University
Tyrie, Betsy And Colin Stephen, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1245. A collection of materials relating to research on the Felts Log House undertaken by Betsy Tyrie and Colin Stephen. The documentation seeks to interpret the social aspects of the log house as well as architectural changes made to the structure over the course of nearly 150 years. The report also provides insight into the house’s history, its construction, and its eventual relocation to WKU’s campus in the late 1970s. Recorded audio interviews, black and white and color photographs, newspaper articles, and a brief personal essay are also included in the collection.
Wooley, Linda (Fa 1246),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Wooley, Linda (Fa 1246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1246. Student paper titled “The Taylor County Post Offices Now and Then” in which Linda Wooley examines the history, construction, location, and daily operation of post offices throughout the county. The paper includes several black and white photographs of both the interior and exterior of the post offices.
Pennington, Brenda Kaye (Fa 1244),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Pennington, Brenda Kaye (Fa 1244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1244. Student folk studies project titled “Country stores in Lincoln County, [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with narrative descriptions of general stores in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the building, its history, and photos.
The Agricultural Deities Of Q ’Eqchi’ Mayas, Tzuultaq’As: Agricultural Rituals As Historical Obligation And Avatar Of The Cultural Reservoir In Rural Lanquín , Alta Verapaz, Guatemala,
2019
Central Washington University
The Agricultural Deities Of Q ’Eqchi’ Mayas, Tzuultaq’As: Agricultural Rituals As Historical Obligation And Avatar Of The Cultural Reservoir In Rural Lanquín , Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Yishan Lea
All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies
This study, based on fieldwork in rural Lanquín, Guatemala, discusses cultural continuity and the sense of historicity through agricultural rituals and worship of the agricultural deity Tzuultaq’as. The place, Lanquín, and the Q’eqchi’ Maya peasant farmers are situated within a two-fold tension and contradiction. Geographically remote in relation to the economic centers in Guatemala, and marginal in infrastructural development, while their cash crop harvests never fail to be effected by the fluctuations of the global market. From the eclectic stance merging both theories of cultural essentialism and constructivism, by juxtaposing the emblematic event of the anti-Monsanto Law movement in 2014 …
Green, Mary Jo (Fa 1243),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Green, Mary Jo (Fa 1243), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1243. Student folk studies project titled “Dolls of Adair County,” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of various types of dolls owned by collectors in Adair County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the doll, materials, history, and photo.
Newton, Gil (Fa 1242),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Newton, Gil (Fa 1242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1242. Student folk studies project titled “Housing [Clark County, Indiana],” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of structures in the area surrounding Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana. Sheets may include a brief description of the structure, location, history, floor plan, and photo.
Janja Majstorovic,
2019
Cleveland State University
Ua37/30/4 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison,
2019
Western Kentucky University
Ua37/30/4 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Personal papers created by and about Lowell Harrison.
The Most Beautiful Of All: A Quantitative Approach To Fairy-Tale Femininity,
2019
Butler University
The Most Beautiful Of All: A Quantitative Approach To Fairy-Tale Femininity, Jeana Jorgensen
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Feminist folklorists have long asserted that women’s bodies are represented in fairy tales differently than men’s bodies, in normative and sexist ways. By using computational approaches to analyze a corpus of canonical fairy tales, I assess these claims and establish that women’s bodies are depicted in distinctive ways in fairy tales. This finding is important for scholars interested in fairy-tale studies, gender studies, and computational approaches to folklore studies.
Nevenka Vazgec,
2019
Cleveland State University
How Ghost Stories Shape The State Of Mississippi And The People,
2019
University of Mississippi
How Ghost Stories Shape The State Of Mississippi And The People, Ana Lauren Martinez
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Many people chose to brush off the stories and when asked about them they would skip around the story to talk about the history of a place. Those who embraced the stories were not only knowledgable about the stories but also the history. They tended to give both sides with equal enthusiasm and seriousness. Over the years Mississippians have learned about their neighbors through the stories that they told around the campfire or at sleepovers. These stories have been passed down from one generation to the next and have a way of not only identifying a place but also a …
Speculative Futures And Futurism In Appalachia,
2019
Texas Tech University
Speculative Futures And Futurism In Appalachia, Liz Pavlovic, Jamie Banks, Nicholas D. Bowman, David Smith, Baaria Chaudhary, Ben Babbitt, Jake Elliott, Tamas Kemenczy, Daniel Boyd, West Virginia University Press
Exhibit Panels
What if we thought of Appalachia as futuristic? Could the mountains be the setting for imagining better, maybe weirder, futures? Artists, writers, and game designers have been asking just those questions, speculating through science fiction, fantasy, and magic realism to rethink the ways cultural traditions in wildly creative ways. From folktales to videogames, cryptozoology to underground highways, this section asks what a future Appalachian utopia (or dystopia) might look and feel like?
Future Of Appalachian Culture,
2019
West Virginia Folklife Program
Future Of Appalachian Culture, Emily Hilliard, Travis Stimeling, Michael Kline, Carrie Kline, Trevor Mckenzie, Nancy Abrams, Torey Siebart, Chris Haddox, Mehmet Oztan, West Virginia University Press
Exhibit Panels
Appalachia is often associated with its traditional arts and culture, but that does not mean that we are stuck in the past. Local traditions often play a crucial role in galvanizing forward-thinking cultural institutions, involving artists and workers alike in making new futures that are still distinctively Appalachian. This section of the exhibit highlights this kind of work from the West Virginia Humanities Council, Arthurdale Heritage, and more, connecting to a traditional past to new traditions yet to be forged.
Resistance Beyond The Frontier: Concepts And Policies For The Protection Of Isolated Indigenous Peoples Of The Amazon,
2018
University of Turku
Resistance Beyond The Frontier: Concepts And Policies For The Protection Of Isolated Indigenous Peoples Of The Amazon, Minna Opas, Luis Felipe Torres, Felipe Milanez, Glenn Shepard Jr.
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
"Who Are These Wild Indians": On The Foreign Policies Of Some Voluntarily Isolated Peoples In Amazonia,
2018
University of St Andrews
"Who Are These Wild Indians": On The Foreign Policies Of Some Voluntarily Isolated Peoples In Amazonia, Peter Gow
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
This paper is a reflection on the phenomenon of voluntary isolation in Amazonia, about anthropology’s implication in its formation as a concept, and what anthropologists might profitably say about it as a concrete phenomenon in the world. While knowledge based on ethnographic fieldwork might by minimal or even totally absent for people in voluntary isolation, anthropological research has produced a very impressive understanding of indigenous Amazonian social forms in general, knowledge that can be brought to bear on the question.
