As part of OFN’s statewide survey, graduate students from UO’s Folklore and Public Culture Program shadow professional researchers in the field. This serves OFN’s broader mission to educate, train, and prepare the next generation of public folklorists. Read their reflections on conducting fieldwork during the pandemic. by Robert Bishop & Taylor Burby Robert: This internship… Continue reading
by Robert Bishop This fall, OFN’s folklife survey will travel to the southwestern Oregon counties of Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas and to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. Fieldwork in the region will begin in September and help identify artists for the Culture Keepers Roster as well as organizations for next year’s… Continue reading
by Madison Howard We are pleased to announce the Oregon Library Services and Technology Act Program awarded OFN grant funds for our Equitable Access to All Oregon Culture Keepers project. The award will fund several exciting projects related to our Culture Keepers Roster. With the newly secured funds, OFN will initiate an overhaul of our… Continue reading
by Robert Bishop Established by the Pomeroy Foundation in 2015, Legends & Lore promotes cultural heritage by placing markers at sites associated with local traditional culture in communities across the United States. Through the Pomeroy Foundation’s partnership with OFN, stories from Oregon’s rich folklife heritage will be featured on markers at sites across the state… Continue reading
by Jenna Ehlinger In July, the Museum of Natural and Cultural History proudly hosted Oregon Culture Nights, an outdoor series showcasing the work of OFN’s 2021 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (TAAP) awardees. Consisting of four events, the series drew a diverse audience to the museum to celebrate living heritage traditions practiced around the state. Local… Continue reading
OFN welcomed Winter and Spring term University of Oregon interns, Taylor Burby and Robert Bishop. Thank you for your contributions to our programs! Taylor Burby is a graduate student in the Folklore and Public Culture program and an intern with OFN. She earned her B.A. in linguistics with a minor in sociology from the University… Continue reading
by Emily Hartlerode I have long carried a curiosity about what makes us who we are. In my first career as a child therapist, I saw firsthand the power of childhood lessons from our families and communities. These early lessons teach us how effective we are in the world, how much authority we have in… Continue reading
OFN partners with Four Rivers Cultural Center (Ontario) and High Desert Museum (Bend) to support staff folklorists who sustain folklife programming across this large and diverse state. We are excited to announce that Latham T. Wood, a doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology at the University of Oregon and former OFN graduate employee, has accepted a… Continue reading
by Riki Saltzman, Folklore Specialist, OFN and Folklorist, High Desert Museum During this pandemic year, I’ve had the privilege of doing folklife fieldwork for two projects—OFN’s statewide folklife survey, taking place this year on Oregon’s southern coast, and the High Desert Museum’s central and eastern Oregon folklife documentation project. It’s been rather amazing to flit… Continue reading
OFN welcomes new University of Oregon student staff member Jenna Ehlinger and intern Madison Howard. Congratulations to fall intern Melodie Moore who recently earned her master’s degree in journalism from the UO! Jenna Ehlinger, OFN’s graduate employee, is a Folklore and Public Culture graduate student at the University of Oregon. She obtained her bachelor’s degree… Continue reading
