“At Home and Abroad: Reflections on Collaborative Museum Ethnography at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures”
I am happy to note the publication of a paper in Museum Anthropology reporting on, and considering, the work of two collaborative …
2019 Summer Folklore Institute: Building Capacity for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
I have just returned from a second summer trip to China. This time I was part of an American delegation to one …
The Seventh Forum on China-US Folklore and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Collaborative Work in Museum Folklore and Heritage Studies
The following is a report on The Seventh Forum on China-US Folklore and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Collaborative Work in Museum Folklore and …
Help! Really. The Mathers Museum of World Cultures Needs You!
An Indiana University event known as #IUDay is nearly here. Scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, 2019, #IUDay is a celebration of Indiana …
T̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶t̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶H̶A̶U̶. Good News! The Free-to-Readers Version of The Expressive Lives of Elders
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 …
The Mallet: Making a Maul in a Baiku Yao Community
This guest post by Jon Kay, Curator of Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures provides Jon with …
A Peak at Two “Miao Albums” with a Group of SIMA Colleagues
Working with the graduate students participating in the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology is a pleasure. The students who are attending in …
Who Cares About Craft as Traditional Knowledge?
This fall has been a particularly busy season for research-based programs at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. An an outgrowth of …
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. …
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 …
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 …
Good News Roundup
There is way too much stuff going on in my life and work these days. Most of it is really good stuff, …