Advisory Council Member at Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Cultural Specialist and Curator. Cloud cover over the region for days prevented good imagery. Despite this, in 2014 Putin pursued his territorial ambitions by supporting ethnic Russian separatists in the Donbas region and forcibly taking Ukraines Crimean Peninsula. (1976) Simmons College; M.A. Rather, they suggest a targeted attack on Ukrainian history, culture and identity, a means toward Putins endsthe destruction is a deliberate attempt to obliterate Ukrainian history and culture. The Washington Monument is visible in the background. (1980), Ph.D. (1990) Indiana University. (1979) Emory University; Ph.D. (1991) George Washington University. But the ambassador was unambiguous in her confidence that the Russians would not succeed. Contact:Marjorie@si.edu, Kim, Sojin, Curator. Adams, Greg,Interim Archives Director. B.A. Contact Soeun directly . Many Ukrainian museums hastily evacuated their collections to other locations, sometimes to basements, underground storage facilities or safe sites removed from major Russian attack zones. (1973) Scripps College, M.A. Turning attention to Ukraine, a lab analyst noted an increase in the building of public monuments in Crimea and the Donbas91 of them. But the centers few vehicles were needed for civil defense purposes and thus unavailable. As one of the "Grand Challenges"[14] of the Smithsonian, CFCH strives to be steward and ambassador of cultural connections. Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonians Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large, has served as the institution's Under Secretary and as director of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, among other leadership roles over his four decade-long Smithsonian career. It posited that these components must work in concert with each other to insure that current development does not impede development in the future. (1976) University of Minnesota; M.Ln. In 1964 the new Smithsonian secretary, S. Dillon Ripley, arrived in Washington with an innovative museum concept: he challenged curators to "take the objects out of their cases and make them sing". Research Associate. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is a research-based presentation of living cultural heritage annually produced outdoors on the National Mall. Curator, American Womens Music. Search millions of objects in the collections including photographs, artworks, artifacts, scientific specimens, manuscripts, sound records, and transcripts. This paper defines the field as folklore and uses that term throughout its paper:[4]. The program brings together community-driven research and documentation, product development, enterprise training, world-class design development and a suite of tools artisans can use to unlock access to both local and international markets. Find on the map and call to book a table. Contact:LinnM@si.edu, Motley, Sabrina Lynn, Director, Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Terms of Use The Smithsonian, in an effort to document cultural war crimes as defined by the 1954 Hague Convention, shares its findings with Ukrainian cultural colleagues, and with the U.S. Department of States Conflict Observatory. As the one-year anniversary of the deadly 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, we take a close look at the ongoing work of hundreds of professionals across a landscape of Ukrainian and international organizations to defend endangered cultural heritage. At the 1985 Festival of American Folklife, the Hayride String Band performs. Notably, more than 500 are religious sitesplaces of worship and cemeterieswith those of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church specifically targeted. Sometimes collections are in disarray, evidence of hurried packing and evacuation. Music HerStory explores these contributions through unique media collections from across the Smithsonian. Mailing Address Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Institution P.O. Cookie Settings, Courtesy of National Research and Restoration Center, Courtesy of the Cultural Heritage Monitoring Lab, Courtesy of the National Research and Restoration Center, University of Maryland Center for Development and Conflict Management, Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI), International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property. B.A. Since 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has collaborated with cultural practitioners, communities, heritage professionals and scholars to spark curiosity, catalyze intercultural exchange, and create participatory experiences that nurture creative human connections. B.A. Ihor Poshyvailo, director of the Maidan Museum in Kyiv and co-founder of Ukraines Heritage Emergency Response Initiative, along with his crew, salvages the remains of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary built in 1862 and shelled by the Russians in March 2022. The greatest number of cases are associated with regions of the most aggressive Russian attacks: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol and Luhansk. B.A. The recordings were bundled into the Smithsonian Folkways label. Contact:CadavalO@si.edu, Leopold, Robert, Research Associate. Research specialties: City and regional planning, cultural sustainability, elevation of cultural practices to improve local economies. Using the (by then) well-established National Folk Festival as a model, he wanted to exhibit and celebrate different folk traditions from across the nation. (1978) Arizona State University. In May 2022, Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy officials received reports of an attack on the Hryhorii Skovoroda Literary Memorial Museum, dedicated to an 18th-century Ukrainian poet, philosopher and composer and located in the tiny village of Skovorodynivka, near Kharkiv and the Russian border. Telephone: 202.633.6440 Fax: 202.633.6474 Email . Ralph Rinzler listens through headphones during the 1988 recording session for the album "Folkways: A Vision Shared." It is open to guest researchers and other visitors by appointment. library.si.edu. As such, it overlaps with topical arts programs brought to the National Mall each summer during the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The festival was started by folklorist Ralph C. Rinzler (1934-1994). Seitel, Peter, Senior Folklorist Emeritus. A relatively small but interesting and well-documented material culture collection includes iconic and other items from the Festival and the Centers projects. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is a public resource home to hundreds of thousands of videos, films, photographs, sound recordings, and field reports that document cultural traditions, maintained with an increasing commitment to digital accessibility and shared stewardship. Search millions of objects in the collections including photographs, artworks, artifacts, scientific specimens, manuscripts, sound records, and transcripts. Box 37012, MRC 520 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012. Russias war in Ukraine is particularly cruel in attacking civilian targets, and its also marked by a strong cultural elementone that is being met with resistance from not only Ukrainians, but also the international community and the Smithsonian Institution. (1967) Harvard University; M.A. The minister asked the Smithsonian if we could determine its status from satellite imagery. Since 2003, he has helped plan and develop public programs on California, China, Hungary, Peace Corps, Apollo Theater, Circus Arts, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mekong River, U.S. Forest Service, World War II . In the practical implementation of cultural sustainability, CFCH also manages three different projects where the theoretical finding of this research can be put to test in the field. The center is composed of three distinct units. In presenting the Smithsonians contribution to that effort, we could not have been prouder. (2011) Leiden; M.Phil. Ralph Carter Rinzler, 59, was former Assistant Secretary for Public Service and founding Director of the Festival of American Folklife. Research specialties: English country dance in the U.S., Scottish traditional song and the Folk Revival, comparative British and Appalachian folksong traditions. As with all archives, the Folklife Archives is currently working to move its entire collection into digital format, thus enabling global access to the artifacts. B.A. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has wrongly made culture both a justification and an object of war with Ukraine. [5] Morris had no professional museum experience. (1980), Ph.D. (1990) Indiana University. (1987) University of Maryland. Tradition is always with us, shaping our thoughts, our behavior, our path into the future. Our research is grounded in a community-oriented approach, shaping the rich programming of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the Mother Tongue Film Festival, the releases of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, and our Cultural Sustainability initiatives. For the past nine months, a squad of Uber drivers has made more than 200 trips and racked up more than 30,000 miles taking conservators to hundreds of museums and offsite storage locations throughout Ukraine. SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE & CULTURAL HERITAGE. Year after year, it continues to bring musicians, artists, performers, craftspeople, workers, cooks, and storytellers into this public forum to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and aesthetics that embody the creative vitality of community-based traditions. B.A. Poshyvailo was intimately familiar with the Smithsonians work, having served as a Fulbright scholar in 2010 while the institution mobilized on-the-ground efforts to save cultural heritage in Haiti following a devastating earthquake. This research informs collaborations with communities working to sustain their most cherished cultural heritage: Sustaining Minority Languages in Europe Project. By 2003, the follow-up treaty was entitled the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. An active research group was formed to explore and articulate this concept of cultural sustainability. Ukrainians were strong and united in their fight on the battlefield and on the home front to defend their freedom to be Ukrainian, she said, and she thanked the U.S. and allies for helping them in that worthy battle on behalf of all freedom-loving people the world over. (1979) State University of New York at Binghamton; M.A. Given satellite coverage, they can reference images over a period of time to pinpoint when the damage occurred and how extensive it is. Contact:ButvinHM@si.edu, Clark, Logan,Executive Assistant, Smithsonian Folkways. Ukrainians are fighting for their freedom, and in particular their freedom to be who they culturally are. (1996) Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile; M.A. Contact:Cordovaa@si.edu, Deutsch, James I., Curator. The Center has an active website and features Folklife Magazine, a robust digital vehicle for publishing information about cultural traditions and contemporary issues aimed at a popular audience. Research specialties: Latin American and Latino studies, American cultural history, material culture, folklife. The Center hosts the annual Folklife Festival on the National Mall and is home to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Explore full information about cafes in General Alvear, Buenos Aires Province and nearby. Rinzler worked at the center until his death in 1994. The Festival takes place for two weeks every summer overlapping the Fourth of July holiday. The Smithsonian Artisan Initiative is dedicated to building the sustainability of traditional culture. Russias war against Ukraine and its people is a clear and terrible affront to humanity and a violation of fundamental rights recognized in those accords. Research specialties: Occupational folklife, African folklife, epic, narrative, proverbs, computer applications in folklore, intangible cultural heritage policy. (1970) Williams College; M.A. (1976) University of Minnesota; M.Ln. Now that the festival organization and model were well established, Rinzler began to explore other varieties of folklife productions appropriate for a national museum. Visitors at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. HERI mobilized to provide emergency packing materials. As part of SCRIs expanding research and training activities, Poshyvailo became first a trainee and then an instructor for the program and stayed in close contact with Wegener. The task at first was overwhelming. The Smithsonian Folkways Record label comprises a second team working at the center; they produce this non-profit music label with the goal of promoting and supporting the cultural diversity of sound. Those trucks were later reported to have delivered the artworks to the Russian-controlled Central Museum of Tavrida in Simferopol, Crimea. In 2015, UNESCO inscribed the Moses and Frances Asch Collection into its Memory of the World International Register. Research specialties: Native American and Pacific Rim material culture, contemporary Native American art, museum practice. (2004) Barnard College, Columbia University; M.A. (1988) Brown University; M.A. Painters Rolando Mayen and Paula Kaufman in the Office of Exhibits Central's Graphics Department created these authentic commercial signs for the music tent in the Borderlands' program at the 1993 Festival of American Folklife. Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine, Roots of Virginia Culture: The Past is Present, Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2005), Haiti: Freedom and Creativity from the Mountains to the Sea, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2004), South Africa: Crafting the Economic Renaissance of the Rainbow Nation, The Baltic Nations: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women, Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds, The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation, Culture and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Masters of Traditional Arts: The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows, Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Culture in the Americas, The Changing Soundscape in Indian Country, Forest, Field and Sea: Folklife in Indonesia, Roots of Rhythm and Blues: The Robert Johnson Era, Les Ftes Chez Nous: France and North America, The Caribbean: Cultural Encounters in the New World, Ingenuity and Tradition: The Common Wealth of Massachusetts, Migration to Metropolitan Washington: Making a New Place Home, Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union, Cultural Conservation and Languages: America's Many Voices, Cultural Conservation: Traditional Crafts in a Post-Industrial Age, Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia, National Heritage Fellowships Program (1983), National Heritage Fellowships Program (1982), Music and Crafts of the Southeastern United States, Community Activities and Food Preservation, Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1978), Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1978), Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1977), Folklife in the Museum: Hall of Musical Instruments, Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1977). 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