Welcome to the Alive as Folk: Transmission in a Digital Age project blog. Over a 6-month period from January – June 2020 students from the University of Oregon partnered with students in Romania to embark on a journey sharing intangible cultural heritage through an intergenerational approach while exploring the transmission of Native American and Romanian intangible cultural heritage, such as regalia making, storytelling, traditional folk costumes, rug weaving, and woodcarvings.
The Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s Oregon Folklife Network has partnered with Romania’s Alexandru Stefulescu Gorj County Museum to develop a cultural exchange project focused on indigenous and place-based traditions. Funded through an award from the Communities Connecting HeritageSM program, the project will culminate with public programs at the Gorj County Museum in Târgu Jiu, Romania in April and at the University of Oregon’s museums and Knight Library in May.
The University of Oregon is situated on Kalapuya Ilihi, the traditional homelands and political territories of the Kalapuya People, the First Peoples of the Willamette Valley, whose descendants are now citizens of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
