DEVESH CHANDRA has been learning the Tabla since the age of 3. He learned Indian Classical Music by accompanying his mother, renowned Sitar exponent Veena Chandra and he continues to perform with her. Their mother and son duo has received national and international...
Urban Explorers is a youth development program by City Lore in New York City that uses the skills of documentation and fieldwork.
Students in Freeport, New York examine their waterfront community in 2015-16 after Superstorm Sandy had affected local maritime traditions.
This is the transcript from a panel discussion with Indigenous artists about community based teaching and learning that took place during the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society (AFS).
Ethnomusicologist, Sydney Hutchinson, reports on a fieldwork based course at Syracuse University that engaged students with the city’s diverse tradition bearers.
An essay regarding the educational training of artists to engage students in both analytical and intuitive mental faculties.
A description of Camp Woodland, and a song by Mickey VanDow.
An essay about critical thinking.
A remembrance about Cory Weyant, Long Island Bayman/fisherman who was a frequent speaker to school groups. A “View From the Waterfront” column of Nancy Solomon
Using folklore genres to engage secondary school students, the author dicusses the use of folklore in the art classroom.