Tag: Fieldwork

Media Corner: Folklife Fieldwork in Northwest Oregon, Student Photo Essay

UO Folklore graduate students Christal Snyder and Iris Teeuwen conducted fieldwork in Clatsop County with OFN Director, Riki Saltzman, and contract folklorist Douglas Manger (August 23-25, 2019). Christal Snyder also accompanied Saltzman and contract folklorist Joe O’Connell (UO Folklore alumni) in Lincoln County, August 9-11. In Clatsop County, we observed Finnish traditions, foodways, and seaways,… Continue reading Media Corner: Folklife Fieldwork in Northwest Oregon, Student Photo Essay →

Benton- Linn Co. Fieldwork Essay

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Thomas Grant Richardson In the Spring of 2018 I conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Benton and Linn Counties in the Willamette Valley. Folklorists focus on the everyday traditions of people in communities and at how people define creativity, tradition, and community in their own lives. It is therefore a great joy to work as a folklorist,… Continue reading Benton- Linn Co. Fieldwork Essay →

Folk Artists in Marion, Polk, and Lane Counties and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde

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Amy Howard During  the spring and summer of 2018, OFN hired me to conduct folklife fieldwork in Marion and Polk counties and at the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. The geographical area I covered was large and diverse. The sheer length of each county encompasses a landscape in transition—mountain to valley to coast. Each… Continue reading Folk Artists in Marion, Polk, and Lane Counties and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde →

Celebrating Lane County’s Artists and Traditions

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Alina Mansfield In the Winter and Spring of 2018, I attended many of Lane County’s regional cultural events, festivals, and fairs to scout out tradition keepers for the Willamette Valley Folklife Survey. The Willamette Valley is homeland to the Kalapuya Tribes, with the Molalla calling the foothills of the Cascades home. More recently, a significant… Continue reading Celebrating Lane County’s Artists and Traditions →

Oregon Folklife Network awarded $55,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts

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EUGENE, Ore. – (Dec. 28, 2018) – The University of Oregon’s Oregon Folklife Network is set to receive a $55,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Announced as part of the endowment’s $27 million funding package for fiscal year 2019, the Oregon grant will support a folklife survey on Oregon’s north and central… Continue reading Oregon Folklife Network awarded $55,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts →

Folklore Fieldwork in Wheeler County

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by Vanessa Cutz (OFN intern and Folklore MA ’16) and Josh Ehlers (OFN Assistant Folklorist and Folklore BA ’13) Riki Saltzman, Josh Ehlers, and Vanessa Cutz joined folklorist Joseph O’Connell in his survey of Wheeler County over the first weekend of May. We drove through the Ochoco National Forest to get to Mitchell, a small… Continue reading Folklore Fieldwork in Wheeler County →

Folklore Fieldwork in Deschutes and Crook Counties

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by Brad McMullen, OFN GSA and Folklore graduate student Riki Saltzman and OFN’s Brad McMullen joined folklorist Douglas Manger in Deschutes and Crook Counties to do fieldwork between May 20th and 22nd. Over the weekend, we were able to meet several different tradition bearers and visit a few different cultural sites to give us a… Continue reading Folklore Fieldwork in Deschutes and Crook Counties →

Words Washed in with the Tide: FisherPoet Fieldwork in Port Townsend

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by Julie Meyer, Folklore Graduate Student On a drizzly Thursday afternoon in March, I threw my camping gear into my car and headed north towards Port Townsend, Washington, with my dog and my recorder in tow. During the long car ride I could feel the adrenaline of conducting my first solo fieldwork expedition motivating me.Only… Continue reading Words Washed in with the Tide: FisherPoet Fieldwork in Port Townsend →

Oregon Folklife Network is hiring!

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2 Contract Fieldworker Positions Starting July, 2013 The Oregon Folklife Network seeks to hire two professional folklorists to conduct folklife field surveys and documentation of traditions in the southern Oregon counties of Malheur, Harney, Lake, and Klamath (fieldwork regions will be divided up based on the experience and backgrounds of the folklorists selected). Work for… Continue reading Oregon Folklife Network is hiring! →

Warm Springs Audio Preservation Project

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Emily West Afanador, OFN Program Manager Warm Spring tribal members have been preserving their heritage through audio recordings of songs, legends, oral histories, and Tribal Council meetings dating back to the 1950s. With the help of a grant from the Oregon Heritage Commission, Oregon Folklife Network staff Emily West Afanador and Sanna Parikka accompanied University of Oregon Librarian Nathan… Continue reading Warm Springs Audio Preservation Project →