Tag: Public Folklore
Jason Baird Jackson , September 11th, 2019
I am happy to note the publication of a paper in Museum Anthropology reporting on, and considering, the work of two collaborative projects of the Mathers Museum of…
Jason Baird Jackson , July 23rd, 2019
I have just returned from a second summer trip to China. This time I was part of an American delegation to one of the summer institutes jointly organized…
Jason Baird Jackson , July 3rd, 2019
The following is a report on The Seventh Forum on China-US Folklore and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Collaborative Work in Museum Folklore and Heritage Studies (第七届中美民俗学与非物质文化遗产论坛: 博物馆民俗与遗产研究的协作工作). …
Jason Baird Jackson , April 9th, 2019
An Indiana University event known as #IUDay is nearly here. Scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, 2019, #IUDay is a celebration of Indiana University. It is a day of…
Jason Baird Jackson , November 16th, 2018
Good news everyone. The free-to-download-and-read version of the latest title in the Material Vernaculars series–The Expressive Lives of Elders: Folklore, Art, and Aging edited by Jon Kay is…
Jason Baird Jackson , April 19th, 2018
This guest post by Jon Kay, Curator of Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures provides Jon with the opportunity to share the first…
Jason Baird Jackson , July 19th, 2017
Working with the graduate students participating in the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology is a pleasure. The students who are attending in order to gain skills for their…
Jason Baird Jackson , September 27th, 2016
This fall has been a particularly busy season for research-based programs at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. An an outgrowth of our Indiana Folk Arts: 200 Years…
Jason Baird Jackson , July 17th, 2016
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…
Jason Baird Jackson , July 6th, 2016
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…
Jason Baird Jackson , June 28th, 2016
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…
Jason Baird Jackson , October 22nd, 2013
There is way too much stuff going on in my life and work these days. Most of it is really good stuff, but it is hard to keep…