Material Vernaculars Series Launches with Jon Kay’s Folk Art and Aging
This fall I will be talking a lot about the new book series that the Indiana University Press and the Mathers Museum of World Cultures are jointly publishing.…
Author: Jason Baird Jackson
An Interview with Curator and American Music Specialist Levon Williams
Levon Williams will return to Indiana University in the fall of 2016 to pursue a MA degree in Non-Profit Management in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.…
An Interview with Dorothy J. Berry, Metadata Specialist and Project Manager for Umbra, an Initiative of the Givens Collection of African American Literature, University of Minnesota Libraries
While a graduate student at Indiana University, Dorothy J. Berry concurrently earned an MA degree in ethnomusicology from the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and a MLS degree…
An Interview with Hannah Davis, Regional Folklife Survey and Program Development Consultant for the New York Folklore Society and the New York State Council on the Arts
Hannah Davis earned her MA in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University and a BA in Folklore and Ethnomusicology from Indiana University. While at Indiana, she served for…
An Interview with Alexander Betts, Curator at the Ohio History Connection
Alex Betts is a Curator at the Ohio History Connection based at the OHC’s headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. He earned a MA with distinction in Museum and Artefact…
WAWV Profiles Two Indiana Craftspeople; Draws Content and Inspiration from Indiana Folk Arts Catalogue
A local ABC affiliate profiled two Indiana craftspeople in a recent local news segment. These makers–blacksmith John Bennett and bowl hewer Keith Ruble–are featured in the exhibition and…
An Interview with Sterling Jenson of the March Field Air Museum
Sterling Jenson is the Collections Manager at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California. He earned a B.A. degree in folklore and an M.A. degree in arts…
An Interview with Dr. Lori Hall-Araujo, Curator and Assistant Professor at Stephens College
In fall 2016, Lori Hall-Araujo will begin a position as Assistant Professor and Curator in the School of Design and the Costume Museum at Stephens College in Columbia,…
Open Access Book: Indiana Folk Arts
This year is a big year for the Mathers Museum of World Cultures in a number of respects. Two of these weave together. Its the state bicentennial for…
Two Euchee (Yuchi) Baskets in the Collections of the Philbrook Museum of Art
The basketry traditions of the Native South have experienced divergent histories from a common regional tradition of work basketry. Among the North Carolina Cherokee, for instance, the indigenous…
An Interview with Rachel Tavaras, Indiana University Graduate and Collections Manager at the Museum of Miniature Houses in Carmel, Indiana
Rachel Tavaras grew up in the Chicago area and earned undergraduate degrees in History and Anthropology, both in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University (IU),…
Basketmaker Viki Graber on The Weekly Special
Last year, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures presented the exhibition Willow Work: Viki Graber, Basketmaker to great success. Happily we are staying connected with Viki in many…
June Events and Exhibitions, Including Arts in the Park at McCormick’s Creek
Check out some MMWC events and exhibitions this month. In particular, this Saturday (June 11, 2016) a great group of artists will join the Traditional Arts Indiana team…
May at the MMWC
It has been a whirlwind of activity at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures this semester. The spring semester is ending and many students are leaving campus, but…
Theories of Material Culture: Three Highlights
I am now concluding my graduate course Theories of Material Culture. I have taught this course several times previously and I always enjoy it. This year, the students…
Indiana Folk Arts: 200 Years of Tradition and Innovation
Please come out to the Mathers Museum of World Cultures this Sunday afternoon to celebrate the vernacular arts of Indiana and to help launch our state bicentennial exhibition.…
The Digital Future of Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
What follows is an open letter of invitation written by Mike Fortun in connection with an upcoming meeting of the Digital Practices in History and Ethnography Interest Group…
Value, Ownership, and Cultural Goods: Regina F. Bendix to Deliver 2016 Richard M. Dorson Memorial Lecture
This is the season’s big lecture. With many heritage studies projects underway, it is a perfect time to welcome Regina back to Bloomington. Here are the details: 2016…
Funding for Collections Research at Indiana University
This wonderful program of the Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study provides support for researchers–including community-based scholars–to study collections held at Indiana Unive…
CFP: Unfinished Stories: Folklife and Folk Narrative at the Gateway to the Future
Unfinished Stories: Folklife and Folk Narrative at the Gateway to the Future The 2016 Joint Meeting of the American Folklore Society and the International Society for Folk Narrative…
Active Collections: A Brown Bag Talk with Rainey Tisdale
Filed under: History, Material Culture, Mathers Museum, Museum Anthropology
Active Collections: A Brown Bag Talk with Rainey Tisdale
Filed under: History, Material Culture, Mathers Museum, Museum Anthropology
Salons to Explore New Frameworks for University Press Publishing in the Humanities
Beginning later this week, I will be hosting a series of six salons on the Indiana University campus. The topic for discussion is scholarly publishing in the arts…
Reflections and Reports on Open Access Published in the New Issue of Cultural Anthropology (@culanth)
The new, May 2014 issue of Cultural Anthropology is out now. It is the second issue of the journal to be made freely available online, which means anyone…