Diverse Public Folklore Models

• 2:30PM-4:00PM: Selina Morales “Drop-In” Open Hours @ Heirloom Café (for student meetings)
• 7:00PM-9:00PM (PYSCH 0014): Join Selina Morales for a screening of the Philadelphia Folklore Project’s recent Because of the War (dir. Toni Shapiro-Phim) documentary, about the Liberian Women’s Chorus in Philadelphia and PFP’s social justice collaborations with immigrant and refugee communities in Philadelphia, on Wednesday night, followed by a Q&A. Snacks will be provided. (7:00pm -- Snacks & Refreshments; 7:30pm -- Film Screening: Philadelphia Folklore Project’s Because of the War; 8:30pm -- Q&A with Philadelphia Folklore Project Executive Director, Selina Morales)

• ​10:00AM-12:00PM (Denney 311): Join Thomas Richardson for a special hands-on graduate workshop and working lunch on setting up an independent public folklore consultancy, responding to RFP’s, logistics of contract fieldwork, setting rates, negotiating the gig economy, surviving capitalism?!, and more.10am -- Freelance/Contract Public Folklore Hands-On Grad Workshop + Lunch, w/ Thomas Richardson. Note: Workshop capped to first 20 participants. RSVP required: craycraft.31@buckeyemail.osu.edu
• 1:30PM (Denney 311, OSU Main Campus) Panel Discussion: Come join our two prominent public folklorists for a discussion of the wide range of models available for public folklore practice in the U.S. Launching with a discussion of historical models and the “state folklore/folklife” system established in the 1970’s through the work of the National Endowment for the Arts, we’ll then discuss a range of locations, venues, and diverse models for the practice of public folklore models, drawing from the storied careers of our featured panelists -- Selina Morales , Executive Director of the Philadelphia Folklore Project, a non-profit social justice folklore organization serving cultural artists in the Philadelphia area; & Thomas Richardson, an independent folklorist working across the country on fieldwork, public programs, and consultancy projects.
• 3:00PM-5:00PM: Public Folklore Careers 15-Minute “Speed” Consultancies w/ Thomas or Selina (RSVP req’d). Note: Sixteen student 1:1 meeting slots are available; please indicate your first & second choice, or if you’d like to meet with both Selina and Thomas; and any time constraints. (If slots are left over, students who request it will be given a second slot.) We’ll make every effort to honor all requests, but sign-up is first-come, first-served. RSVP required: craycraft.31@buckeyemail.osu.edu

Co-sponsored by the Folklore Student Association, the Center for Folklore Studies, and the Comparative Studies Graduate Student Group. These events are FREE and open to the public; some events require RSVP.