EVENTS & PROGRAMS

2012 Annual Meeting

The North Carolina Folklore Society is inviting participation in its 99th annual meeting, to be held the weekend of March 31st on the campus of East Carolina University. The Society is seeking proposals for presentations, papers and posters from anyone with an interest in folklife, especially folklife from North Carolina’s eastern region. In the past presenters at NCFS meetings have been students and teachers from a wide range of academic disciplines, as well as community members, activists, public folklorists, artists and entrepreneurs.

Resilience is the theme for 2012. We will explore the ways people in Eastern North Carolina are creatively addressing changes in the environment and the economy, and the way cultural practices adapt and flex to maintain their meaning and relevance in a changing landscape.

Topics will include (but are not limited to) resilience and identity, general folklife of the Eastern region of North Carolina, community responses to environmental and social change, and the role of folklife in community-based economic development.

Interested parties should send a one paragraph abstract, including any media needs to info@ncfolkloresociety.org . Please include the abstract in the body of the email and also as a word attachment. All submissions must be received by February 15th 2012.

For more information send emails to info@ncfolkloresociety.org

The North Carolina Folklore Society held its Annual Meeting on Saturday, April 2nd on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The event included three panel discussions and a keynote address on the role of folklore in environmental justice movements by folklorist and 2003 Brown Hudson award winner Mary Anne McDonald & University of Pennsylvania folklorist and author Mary Hufford. We also held our Brown Hudson and Community Traditions awards ceremony, which included performances by our 2011 award winners: orchardist and author Lee Calhoun, documentary filmmaker Neal Hutcheson, songwriter, producer and record shop owner David Lee, traditional musician Lonnie Ward, and bluegrass gospel performers the Cockman Family. Thank you to all who attended and participated in our 2011 Annual Meeting and helped make it a success! From the panels to keynote address, awards and performances, it was a wonderful celebration of the diverse richness of folklife in North Carolina. Thank you to all who made it possible and support our vibrant society with your involvement and membership. Photos from the 2010 meeting in Asheville, NC are available here. Photos from the 2009 meeting in Elon, NC are available here.