A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

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Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Washington, DC

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Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in the Americas
by Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye, Dr. Thomas Polime, and Dr. Ken Bilby; Maroon Community Advisors: Mr. Adiante Franzoon, Suriname, Mr. William Warrior, Seminoles, and Colonel C.L.G. Harris, Jamaica; Dr. Shirley Mock, UT Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio;

Subjects: Caribbean Culture; History; Geography; Latin American Culture; Slavery; Beliefs and Spirituality;
Locations: Caribbean; Latin America; Mexico; Jamaica; Suriname; French Guiana;

http://www.folklife.si.edu/resources/maroon/presentation.htm

Online exhibition treats the history and culture of Maroon communities in Suriname, French Guiana, and Jamaica, and also the Seminole Maroon communities along the U.S.-Mexico border. It includes a teacher's guide. The exhibition Creativity and Resistance was organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

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Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Washington, DC

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Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide
by Marjorie Hunt
free
Subjects: Documentation and Field Research;
Locations:

http://www.folklife.si.edu/explore/Resources/InterviewGuide/InterviewGuide_home.html

This new on-line educational resource presents guidelines that folklorists at the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage have developed over the years for collecting folklife and oral history from family and community members. It features a concise guide to how to conduct an interview, as well as a sample list of questions that may be adapted to each interviewer's own needs and circumstances. The Guide concludes with a few examples of ways to preserve and present one's findings, a selection of further readings, a glossary of key terms, and sample information and release forms. The Guide is available to download free of charge from the Center's website at www.folklife.si.edu

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Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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