Archive: May 2020 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Michelle Stefano; (Year) 2020; (Month) May

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Keeping Busy in Chicago

May 27, 2020

This post is part of a series called Staff Finds During Difficult Times, in which staff members discuss collections and items that have been inspiring them while they are working at home during the Covid-19 pandemic or in other difficult circumstances. Find the whole series here! While working from home these weeks, I have been grateful …

Posted in: African American History, Blues, Staff Finds During Difficult Times

On Remote Fieldwork and “Shifting Gears”

May 15, 2020

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

I find inspiration in anthropologist Ulf Hannerz’s characterization of ethnography as ‘the art of the possible’ and take from it the idea of doing the best with what you got. During this time when physical distancing is not only mandatory, but also compassionate, the ways in which we have tended to proceed in setting up …

Posted in: Fieldwork, Oral History

Refined by: (Author) Michelle Stefano; (Year) 2020; (Month) May