The Currents of Folklore Podcast
A podcast dedicated to the intersections of folklore and environmental topics. Created by host Charish Bishop, each episode consists of an interview between the host and one or more folklorists whose work falls within this scope, whether that be current research, projects, publications, and more.
Episodes
Folklorist Maida Owens and I discuss her concerns about the impact that climate change is having on her home state of Louisiana. She walks listeners through a recent workshop she gave to the American Folklore Society and explains how others can get involved.
https://www.louisianafolklife.org/
Enjoy this discussion with folklorist Jim Leary as we listen to selected musical pieces and discuss how they are musical lamentings of migration and how current refugees have the same deeply held and emotional connection to place.
Join me as I discuss the many projects of the Maryland State Arts Council, including their new Land Acknowledgment initiative, with Chad Buterbaugh and Ryan Koons.
https://msac.org/programs/maryland-traditions
Folklorist D Todd Lawrence discusses his book When They Blew the Levee and talks about environmental and racial injustice.
https://cas.stthomas.edu/departments/faculty/david-todd-lawrence/
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/W/When-They-Blew-the-Levee
In this episode, anthropologist and Native history professor from Oregon State University, David Lewis, a member of the Grand Ronde Tribe discusses Native oral histories and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
//liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/users/david-lewis
ndnhistoryresearch.com
Welcome to The Currents of Folklore Podcast! The purpose of this podcast is to bring attention to the amazing work that folklorists are doing within the intersections of folklore with environmental topics.
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