UNC’s MA in Folklore positions students at the nexus of ethnography, public humanities, and cultural policy. Coursework blends narrative theory, material‐culture analysis, and digital‐storytelling labs where cohorts craft 360-video tours of community festivals and build Omeka archives for endangered crafts. Field schools partner with Appalachian musicians, Hmong weavers, and coastal shrimping families, foregrounding participatory methods that return authority—and IP benefits—to tradition bearers. Graduates shape museum curation, documentary media, and cultural-sustainability initiatives worldwide.
Podcast series chronicling Latinx quinceañera traditions in North Carolina
Interactive StoryMap of coastal boat-building techniques and sea-level rise
Policy brief supporting artists’ intellectual-property rights in folk crafts
Virtual exhibit on African American rootwork and herbal medicine
Grant proposal for transmission of Lumbee dance traditions in schools
Ethnographic film on new-immigrant fusion foodways at farmers markets
Digital archive of pandemic-inspired folk memes and humor
Comparative essay on protest ballads from Appalachia to Andalusia
Workshop curriculum teaching oral-history ethics to community volunteers
White paper on cultural-heritage tourism and gentrification
Photo-voice project with refugee artisans rebuilding craft economies
Mobile app crowdsourcing folktales in endangered Indigenous languages
Public-programming plan for a folklife festival centering disability arts
Metadata schema for archiving TikTok vernacular dances
Short documentary tracing gospel quartet harmonies across generations
Infographic timeline of textile cooperatives and women’s economic agency
VR reconstruction of 19th-century potters’ workshops with descendant input
Transform community stories into public scholarship and cultural advocacy.
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