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Posted by: Meg Nicholas
In honor of American Wetlands Month, AFC Folklife Specialist Meg Nicholas takes readers on a journey through the swamps, bogs, marshes and bayous documented in several AFC archival collections.
Posted by: Douglas D. Peach
In this post, guest authors Sara T. Bernstein and Elise Chatelain, members of Dismantle Media and Culture Alliance, describe their experiences documenting the COVID-19 experiences of service and hospitality workers in New Orleans as part of the American Folklife Center's COVID-19 American History Project. This post is the first in a new Folklife Today blog series titled, "COVID Recollections." The series features stories, dispatches, and reflections from the COVID-19 American History Project, a Congressionally funded initiative to create an archive of Americans' experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic at the American Folklife Center.
Posted in: African Americans, Asian Americans, COVID-19 American History Project, COVID-19 pandemic, Cultural Heritage, Fieldwork, Louisiana, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Tourism, Uncategorized
Posted by: Nicole Saylor
This is a post summarizing the American Folklife Center's Board of Trustees Meeting in Louisiana from March 13-15, 2024.
Posted in: AFC Events, Louisiana