A Life in Folklore: Frank Proschan’s Community Work and New Internship Endowment
After fifty years in culture work, Proschan has gifted his research as a folklorist and anthropologist to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections.
A Catalan Opera Adapts Greek Myth to Understand the Refugee Crisis
Since 1993, 33,293 people have drowned in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic trying to reach a safe place to start a new life.
Hearing the Voices of Deaf Culture at the 1981 Folklife Festival
The landmark event introduced many hearing visitors to the stories, poems, sign play, jokes and traditions of the deaf community