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Finding the Singing Spruce: Musical Instrument Makers in Appalachia's Mountain Forests (2023)
How can the craft of musical instrument making help reconnect people to place and reenchant work in Appalachia? How does the sonic search for musical tone change relationships with trees and forests? Following three craftspeople in the mountain forests of Appalachia through their processes of making instruments, Finding the Singing Spruce considers the meanings of work, place, and creative expression in drawing music from wood
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Learning and Labor in Ethnographic Apprenticeship (2021)
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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Resonating with the Trees: Tracking Musical Instruments Tonewood between Appalachian and Carpathian Forest Environments (2018)
Published in the edited volume, Global Mountain Regions: Conversations toward the Future (Indiana University Press), this essay introduces the connections between Appalachia and Carpathia through the resource-making of musical tonewood in the craft of musical instruments.
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Trebuie Cantat: Listening for Musical Tonewood in the Appalachian and Carpathian Mountains (2019)
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Following Global Flows of Craft Materials (2020)
This paper frames the global circulation of craft materials through current ethnographic theories of materiality and global process. Originally presented as a paper in the International Symposium on Kazakhstan’s Crafts and Creative Economy alongside presentations by Kazakh craft and museum scholars. It was later published by the Kasteyev State Museum of Arts in Kazakhstan in association with the Smithsonian Institution.
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Undiscovered Art from the Korean War: Explorations in the Collection of Chester and Wanda Chang (2014)
"Undiscovered Art from the Korean War: Explorations in the Collection of Chester and Wanda Chang" is a survey of Korean art from the Korean War (1950-1953) that introduces a missing chapter in the history of Korean modern art through selected pieces from the collection of Chester and Wanda Chang. It features works produced by important artists such as Li Jung Seop (이중섭) and Byeon Kwan-Sik (변관식) as well as lesser known artisans and artists.