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My aims and what I'm working towards!

Debbie Robson wrote 3 hours ago: Hello everybody! Just doing a quick post to outline my aims for the Starving in a Garret workspace a … more →

Tags: finding volunteers, Sanctuary for writers and historians, Setting up a workspace, Artists, bibliography, Books, collaborative, donating time, Facilitating

Continuous Evolution

oregonheritage wrote 12 hours ago: By Shalaya Williams Editor’s Note — To celebrate National Historic Preservation Month we’ve asked se … more →

Tags: Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, cultural resources, first foods

A chance to record your stories/poems for 'Tallys an Tir'

Sarah Chapman wrote 17 hours ago: We have decided to hold a day for audio recordings on Monday 3rd June at Tremough Campus in Penryn a … more →

Tags: Project Progress, forthcoming events, Cornwall, cava, Stories, *Cornish, tallys an tir, Dialect, Memories

Launching a New Book about Newfoundland Ghosts

chariscotter wrote 1 day ago: June 13, 2013, will mark the official launch of The Ghosts of Baccalieu—a book I’ve been working on … more →

Tags: Canadian children's books, Newfoundland, Author Presentations in Schools, Ghosts, Non-Fiction, Children's Books, non-fiction children's books, Heritage, Storytelling

And the sun shone down on the ridged lands

urbanseanchas wrote 2 days ago: Still having technical difficulties, another reason why I hope some funding can come my way to help … more →

Tags: drimnagh, Music 2, Music, Festival, Youth, Funding

Talking with the villagers1 comment

thenamchungproject wrote 2 days ago: Walking along the pathway to the villages in Nam Chung, I heard the dogs barking and the frogs croak … more →

Tags: Village, INTERVIEWS, Nam Chung, Hongkong, luen wo hui, Luk Keng, Sha Tau Kok, fanling, Paddy Field

Story Behind the House3 comments

jcalder93 wrote 2 days ago: So Jamal and I have heard this story from 4 or 5 different people, so I only have to assume that it … more →

Tags: Whitesburg, Hazard, hazard kentucky, History, ISOM, Isom Kentucky, Ottoman Empire, pine mountain, Stories

forgotten women: Hazel de Berg - oral historian1 comment

Lynn Buckler Walsh wrote 2 days ago: The digitising of collections in our national and state libraries and museums is making much more th … more →

Tags: australian authors, Authors, forgotten Women, NLA, Trove Australia, Australian History, Australian poets, Doris Fitton, Hazel de Berg

Slovakia: A Romani/Gypsy Life (Book-from-every-country #39)2 comments

biblioglobal wrote 3 days ago: This book is better than its cover! This is one of those books that fits perfectly with the goal of … more →

Tags: Book-From-Every-Country, A False Dawn, Book Reviews, Books, Ilona Lackova, Romani, Slovakia

Monday's Link Roundup.

Dan Curtis wrote 3 days ago: Happy Victoria Day to my Canadian compatriots.  For those of you who have the day off, what better w … more →

Tags: Monday's Link Roundup, Tips, HOW TO?, Storytelling, Interview, Stories, npr, link roundup, Marketing

“Now I don’t have to vote Republican anymore!” by Carol Crouse

Kitty Kroger wrote 3 days ago: Carol Crouse retired from teaching art several years ago and now has the time to make art of her own … more →

Tags: 1960s, vietnam war, 1970s, blog on the sixties and seventies, 60's and 70's, sixties, Seventies, Protest, Anti-War

Where are you African names?

radio continental drift wrote 5 days ago:                … in which clouds are you buried ?  The Black Poet    · Charity Nyelele · Ntand … more →

Tags: Voices from Binga, Voices from Bulawayo, Voices from Harare, Voices from Lusaka, Storytelling, Poetry, Colonialism, Education, media

Memories of 1913

spiritof1913 wrote 6 days ago: Mary Muldowney writing in May 2013 issue of SHOPFLOOR, the paper of MANDATE (the union for bar and r … more →

Tags: Books, 1913 Alternative Visions, Mary Muldowney

Artists using Archives: University for the Creative Arts

Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections wrote 6 days ago: UCA Fine Art student Faith Cannon’s collage using images from the Maidstone Archive Archivists … more →

Tags: Archives and Creative Practice, glasgow school of art, GSA, Archives and collections, artists using archives, UCA, Case Studies, Archives for creative practice, university of the creative arts

Boys at War: Jane Tolerton AWRF 20132 comments

Robyn wrote 6 days ago: It’s a terrible thing to talk about what I’m talking about, you know. But I saw it. I wa … more →

Tags: Auckland Writers and Readers Festival, Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2013, Books, Festivals, History, New Zealand, Records and Archives, War, Writers

Remembering Mele Saiatua Lavulo (1916-2013) - a leader in the Tongan community 1 comment

seanjmallon wrote 1 week ago: It is with sadness that the Pacific Cultures team at Te Papa acknowledges the recent passing of Mele … more →

Tags: Pacific, History, Te Papa, Tonga

Science, Tourism, and Ghosts...some opinions...

Thornie wrote 1 week ago:   Original post found here: http://www.livescience.com/4691-frightening-trend-ghost-tourism-boo … more →

Tags: archaeology, Ethnography, folklore research, Haunted Places, Historiography, History, Research, Sociology, Travel

LIP Community Project: Investigating the 'familiar'

LIPCAP wrote 1 week ago: Living in the Past: Exploring Everyday Life during and after the Victorian Period in an East Midland … more →

Tags: slums, archaeology, Building, Family History, housing, objects, photos, Written sources, 1900's

Studs Terkel

travsd wrote 1 week ago: Today is the birthday of Louis “Studs” Terkel (1912-2008). Though born in NYC, he moved … more →

Tags: Vaudeville etc., Books & Authors, radio, Music, Americana, American Folk/ Country/ Western, Bob Dylan, Studs Terkel, Boots of Spanish Leather


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