November 8, 2013
OSU Presenters at the AFS Annual Meeting
![AFS Annual Meeting Four cross-hatched stripes (two maroon, two gold) representing the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting](/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_image/public/news-afs-meeting-presenters.jpg?h=038a9462&itok=u-lKYHw0)
Ohio State faculty, staff, and students presented at the 2013 American Folklore Society Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island October 16-19, titled "Cultural Sustainability." Their names and presentations are listed below:
- Erin Allen, Alex Baldwin, Maggie Bissler, Claire (Yu) Fan, Taylor Saltsman, Erin Tobin, Rachel Wishkoski, Dr. Katherine Borland (chair)
Filming the Mayo Ya Festival: Report and Footage from the 2013 Ethnographic Field School in Bluefields, Nicaragua. - Dr. Mark Bender
Revisiting the Pluriverse: Cosmographic Epics from Southwest China - Cassie Bower
"Many Thanks from Me, the Bus Company, and My Ex-Wife": Performance of Authority and Autonomy in Bus Drivers' Announcements - Dr. Danille Elise Christensen
"Putting Up Fruit for Lizzie": Home Canning, Social Networks, and the Virtuous Exchange - Sara Baer Cleto
Wordsworth, the Folk, and Folklore: Strategies of Appropriation and Adaptation - Cassie Rosita Patterson
Industry, Identity, and Murals in Portsmouth, Ohio - Dr. Amy Shuman
Rethinking Communicative Competence and an Argument for the Significance of Disability Studies in Folklore - Martha C. Sims
Marked with Meaning: Adapting, Maintaining, and/or Sustaining the Art and Culture of Tattoos - Joanna B. Spanos
Decoding Messages from the Vernacular English Herbals - Brittany Warman
"Her Eyes Were Wild": Fairylore and the Gothic Aesthetic in Romantic Poetry - Ziying You
Contentious Local Responses to Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection in Hongtong, Shanxi, China
OSU faculty also hosted, chaired, and contributed to several special sessions and discussions:
- Dr. Katherine
Borland World Café - Dr. Amy Horowitz
Curatorial Conversations: Cultural Heritage Representation and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Dr. Margaret Mills
Talking Folklore: A Conversation with Leaders in the Field and From the Archives: The Rewards and Challenges of Digitizing Large Folklore Collections - Dr. Dorothy Noyes
The Commonwealth of Culture and Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Workshop - Dr. Amy Shuman
A conversation with Dan Ben-Amos
The Center for Folklore Studies also hosted a delicious (and well-attended!) dessert reception on Friday, October 18 at the Omni Providence Hotel.