Frank G. Speck Visits the Euchee, Stockbridge, and Seneca Students at Haskell in 1939-1940
Among the objects cataloged as Creek in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History is a doll made by Leona Tiger while she was a student…
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Daniel C. Swan, Museum Leader
Below find the ninth in a series of posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University of…
Thank You, Dan, For All The Keys
Below find the eighth in a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
Pílla toksali ishaaissacha’chika hánglolihmat chokma amahoobatok…
The normal headnote follows here instead as a footnote.* Dan – Pílla toksali ishaaissacha’chika hánglolihmat chokma amahoobatok. Chokmat ishtoksaháli bíyyi’kattooka ithánali. Chimittibaatoksali’, chih…
Attention Drivers: Extremely Rough Road Ahead
Below find the sixth in a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
Thanks, Dad.
Below find the fifth in a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
Celebrating the Bustling All-Black Towns of Oklahoma
Tulsa and eastern Oklahoma are the center of my personal universe. That place is where my heart resides. Normally, I would be there right now contributing to the…
My Apprenticeship with Dan
Below find the fourth of a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
You Got Kitty Bombed!
Below find the third of a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
My Dad’s Shoes
The following is re-posted from my personal Facebook page (June 9, 2020). It was pecked out quickly with my thumbs on my mobile phone. Many friends and colleagues…
Lessons of Accountability
Below find the second of a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
Cracking the Vault: A Celebration of Daniel Swan
Below find the first of a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
Creation and Community: Making Mississippi Choctaw Arts
Creation and Community: Making Mississippi Choctaw Arts A Material Culture Studies Lecture by Emily Buhrow Rogers Thursday May 21, 2020 2–3 p.m. (EST) Email Jason Jackson at mchsl@indiana.edu…
Reblog: AFS Rebooks Tulsa Annual Meeting for 2022 but Continues to Plan for a Smaller Fall Meeting
Here I am sharing this important announcement from the American Folklore Society. I will continue to be involved in work towards the 2020 and 2022 AFS Annual Meetings,…
Sowei Mask Repairs in Focus: Material Interpretation and Object Itineraries (Lecture)
Sowei Mask Repairs in Focus: Material Interpretation and Object Itineraries A Material Culture Studies Lecture by Kristin Otto Thursday May 14, 2020 2–3 p.m. (EST) Email Jason Jackson…
Two Collections of Florida Seminole Dolls
Since beginning the social distancing era, I have taken on a small, personal project to photograph and share two collections of Florida Seminole dolls from my life. Building…
“Innovation, Habitus, and Heritage”: A New Paper Out Now in JFR
Hi all. I am happy to note that a new paper, co-authored with Johannes Müske and Lijun Zhang, has just been published in the Journal of Folklore Research.…
Remembered Visits to Seminole and Miccosukee Country
Some readers of Shreds and Patches know that I just lost my father KBJ (1935-2020). Others know that I am presently returning to my studies of craft from…
New Project Pages
Here on Shreds and Patches, there is a new menu item for Projects. The Projects landing page gives a quick overview of, and links to, some of key…
Material Culture and Heritage Studies in Northern Guangxi, China at #AFSAM19
I am here using a blog post not to share current news, but to get an older document online and linkable. What follows is the short (public) and…
Material Culture Studies among the Baiku Yao of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at #AFSAM18
I am here using a blog post not to share current news, but to get an older document online and linkable. What follows is the short (public) and…
The Free-to-Readers Version of Wedding Clothes and the Osage Community: A Giving Heritage
Many readers of this blog already know about the fifth title in Indiana University Press‘ Material Vernaculars book series–Wedding Clothes and the Osage Community: A Giving Heritage by…
Some Media Sources for the History of the Mathers Museum of World Cultures (1)
August 11, 1963 [Indiana University News Bureau Press Release Launching the Indiana University Museum of History, Anthropology, and Folklore] [PDF: IU Museum of History Anthropology and Folklore Origi…
Web Resources for Museum Job Seekers, Revisited
This semester I am teaching the undergraduate course Museums and Material Culture (FOLK-F440). The course combined an introduction to material culture studies with collections research projects at the…