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Claude Lévi-Strauss as Museum Ethnologist
Claude Lévi-Strauss’ work is important to me and to the fields in which I work–Native American studies, folklore studies, cultural anthropology, social theory, etc. On the occasion of his passing, I...
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Dr. Arle Lommel
Congratulations to Arle Lommel on the successful defense today of his Ph.D. dissertation in folklore. His dissertation is titled Semiotic Organology: A Peircean Examination of the Bagpipe and...
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Noyes on the Oversimplications of Cultural Property and Heritage Policy
An important working paper by my friend Dorry Noyes presenting alternatives to the conceptual oversimplifications common in cultural property and cultural heritage policy has just been circulated by...
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[New, Open Access] Culture Archives and the State: Between Nationalism,...
From a CFS News Release: The Center for Folklore Studies at the Ohio State University is delighted to announce the online publication of Culture Archives and the State: Between Nationalism, Socialism,...
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From Reciprocity and Hierarchy (1944)
I spent Friday and Saturday discussing the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss at a fine conference organized by Raymond DeMallie and Joëlle Bahloul. This brought me back to an essay that I have long valued....
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Fall Conference #4: The Legacy of Claude Lévi-Strauss’ Work
Soon after returning from the AFS meeting, I was fortunate to be a participant in an conference at IU organized by Joëlle Bahloul and Raymond J. DeMallie. The symposium was called After 100: The Legacy...
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On the Study of Shreds and Patches
Yesterday my work with the William C. Sturtevant collection focused on the material culture side of his efforts to document the history, practice, and significance of the unique Florida Seminole art...
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Value, Ownership, and Cultural Goods: Regina F. Bendix to Deliver 2016...
This is the season’s big lecture. With many heritage studies projects underway, it is a perfect time to welcome Regina back to Bloomington. Here are the details: 2016 Richard M. Dorson Memorial...
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Modalities of Culture Change: A Query
A hybrid flower photographed by makamuki0 and circulated under a CC0 license. Hybridization as a mode of cultural change was discussed prominently in Theorizing the Hybrid, a 1999 special issue of the...
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“Innovation, Habitus, and Heritage”: A New Paper Out Now in JFR
Hi all. I am happy to note that a new paper, co-authored with Johannes Müske and Lijun Zhang, has just been published in the Journal of Folklore Research. I will try to find ways to share a version of...
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