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Perspectives
Folk gestures, such as the handshake and other forms of greeting, have waxed and waned among many different cultures.
Despite a long history of lesbian-identifying and trans-masculine individuals who used masculinity for artistic performance, today’s representation of the drag king show arose only in the 1990s.
As a filmmaker, Adeyemi’s work is deeply anchored in an inescapable Black gaze that is banished of racial tropes.
Two leading craft thinkers and makers discuss how craft is shaping their communities and identities during the global pandemic.
September 11, 2001, was catalytic in shifting how I thought about the impact of artists and the utility of artistic labor.
Doctors told my grandmother that her children were not to be taught to use sign language, that this would impair their cognitive function and prevent them from becoming “full” members of society.
Pivoting, Adapting, Improvising, and Reinventing: Experiencing Cultural Practices in the Time of COVID-19
As the public health crisis continued in 2021, Goucher College students documented the creativity they experienced in celebrations, meet-ups among friends and family, and rites of passage in their own lives.
Folklife Magazine explores how culture shapes our lives. We publish stories about music, food, craft, language, celebrations, activism, and the individuals and communities who sustain these traditions.