Folklife & Fieldwork
Research notes and essays about ongoing fieldwork, genealogical investigations, preservation, and evidence across the three research collections.
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Genealogy & Kinship: Following the Questions Across Family and Place
Folklife & Fieldwork · Research Note Genealogy & Kinship: Following the Questions Across Family and Place Documented ancestry and the historical questions it opens Published: October 19, 2026Collection: Genealogy & KinshipType: Research Note My genealogical work…
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Returning to Timbertown: Reopening a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Fieldwork Record
Folklife & Fieldwork · Research Note Returning to Timbertown: Reopening a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Fieldwork Record Original fieldwork, renewed inquiry, and the return to Castor Published: October 19, 2026Collection: TimbertownType: Research Note The original 2001–02 Timbertown fieldwork in…
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When the Forge Returned to Vizcaya: A Fieldwork Note
A case study in bringing historic blacksmithing into the present through a living craft demonstration, community partnership and ambitious livestream experiment.
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Beyond the Caption: Rediscovering Florida Keys Folk Art at HistoryMiami
How a volunteer metadata project at HistoryMiami brought new context to Brent Cantrell’s 1990 Florida Keys folklife photographs.