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39668
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Alan Jabbour was a folklorist and musician who contributed greatly to the world of folkloristic studies from when he started up to his death.
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36970
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A self-proclaimed public folklorist, Duffy started the Music Maker organization to help authentic folk musicians.
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36974
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Joos study on vernacular architecture of shotgun houses is influenced by history, sociology, and domesticity; he approaches the subjects in a multidisciplinary way. He uses ethnography, engineering, geography, and folklore to understand the needs and desires of the community after natural disasters.
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36976
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Lau is a folklorist who studied African American shape note singing and helped found the Pauli Murray Project, an organization created to combat social inequalities and injustice.
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37022
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Peterson is the director of the NCAC’s Folklife Program, overseeing grant programs, folklife projects, and traditional arts programming across the state.
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37027
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Raised in the South, Wallace connected to her own family history and made discoveries about her hometown in her fieldwork about foodways, and she has used her talents as a writer and illustrator to illuminate hidden gems in North Carolina culture for national audiences.
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37054
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Dr. Lightfoot was a folklorist specializing in the study of regional folklore and folk music.
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37055
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Jabbour was a music collector, musician, and founding director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
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36892
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As a testament to the power and importance of folklore in everyday life, Coyle has made contributions through teaching, fieldwork, research, and service to various organizations such as the National Park Service, NC Folklore Society, and Western Carolina University.
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36872
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A book review of Sean Burn’s biography on Archie Green, a man who lobbied for the practice of folklore and its place in American life.
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36881
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Carmine Prioli’s initial interest in boatbuilding evolved into years of caring, working, believing, struggling, hoping, giving, sometimes pushing hard, for the people who build, work, and appreciate not only those boats, but all the pieces of heritage on Harkers Island.
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18950
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Thomas McGowan taught as a member of the English Department at Appalachian State University for thirty nine years (1972-2011). There he received high praise and recognition as a teacher and folklorist, with an emphasis on regional folklife and oral narratives.
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36549
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Thomas McGowan was the editor of the NCFJ from volumes 25-43, of which the author describes the main theme of some of these.
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Folklorist Kirsten Mullen, currently president of the North Carolina Folklife Institute, is the recipient of a 2009 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award.
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36538
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Green made a large contribution to the study of folklore in North Carolina in the subjects of workers’ lore and lives.
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