Michael and I were delighted to be able to join in as participants in the Southwest Folklife Alliance’s Rio Sonora Fieldschool based in Banamichi Mexico this past June. The idea of filming the field program and its visits on a casual basis soon turned into a more serious project to carefully record each local visit …
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Screen Media Commentary: Six Generations
RESEARCHER GAVE CHUMASH THEIR HERITAGE??????? This article (and film clip) appeared in the LA Times today. The headline is problematic, since Harrington’s handling of his fieldnotes meant that the information only came back to the Chumash through the hard work of many who searched out the fieldnotes and deciphered them rather than through some generosity …