2001 Annual Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Folklife Association
in collaboration with the First Annual Folklore Graduate Student Colloquium
University of Pennsylvania, 20-21 April 2001
Main conference venue: Bodek Lounge, first floor of Houston Hall
See below for program highlights, conference location maps and directions, and campus-area accomodations.
For additional conference information, write the program committee.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Keynote Address by
Bill Westerman
Subversive Currents in Graduate Education:
A Folkloristic Analysis of the Education of A
Folklorist
ROUNDTABLE:
Subverting Dichotomies,
Building Bridges: A Dialog with Public and Academic
Folklorists
Olivia Cadaval, facilitator
The roundtable focuses on issues raised by a recent
special issue of
the Journal of Folklore Research,
"Issues in Collaboration and
Representation." JFR is offering "Issues in
Collaboration and Representation" (37:2-3, May-December 2000) to
conference registrants for $8 (a limited number of copies will be
available for purchase at the conference. Conference registrants may also
purchase the journal at the special rate through the JFR website below.)
To view abstracts of the special issue articles, go
to the
Journal of Folklore Research homepage.
Complete text of Olivia Cadaval's article, "Show Trial or Truth and
Reconciliation?: A
Response" is available for viewing/printing from this site by clicking
here.
Folklore Graduate Student Colloquium
PAPER SESSION: Expressions of Resistance and Subversion
to view abstracts, click here
Debra Lattanzi Shutika, chair
Brian Gregory (University of Pennsylvania)
The Lure of the Vernacular: Opportunity, or Snare?
Valdimar Hafstein (University of California, Berkeley)
The Reproductive Spectacular: Ron's Angels and Mechanical Reproduction
in the Age of ART (assisted reproductive technologies
Jing Li (University of Pennsylvania)
Feminist Folkloristics: the Second Way of Knowing
The conference program will highlight
several
Philadelphia-area community efforts, including:
The Philadelphia Folklore Project
click here for
PFP homepage
Debora Kodish is the founder and director of the Philadelphia Folklore
Project, a community-based folk arts organization. PFP was originally
created in anticipation of the AFS centennial celebration held in
Philadelphia in 1989. Since then it has become one of this country's
pre-eminent model non-profit folk arts organizations grounded by the
issues and concerns of the communities it serves.
The roundtable focuses on issues raised by a recent
special issue of
the Journal of Folklore Research,
"Issues in Collaboration and
Representation." JFR is offering "Issues in
Collaboration and Representation" (37:2-3, May-December 2000) to
conference registrants for $8 (a limited number of copies will be
available for purchase at the conference. Conference registrants may also
purchase the journal at the special rate through the JFR website below.)
To view abstracts of the special issue articles, go
to the
Journal of Folklore Research homepage.
Complete text of Olivia Cadaval's article, "Show Trial or Truth and
Reconciliation?: A
Response" is available for viewing/printing from this site by clicking
here.
Folklore Graduate Student Colloquium
PAPER SESSION: Expressions of Resistance and Subversion
to view abstracts, click here
Debra Lattanzi Shutika, chair
Brian Gregory (University of Pennsylvania)
The Lure of the Vernacular: Opportunity, or Snare?
Valdimar Hafstein (University of California, Berkeley)
The Reproductive Spectacular: Ron's Angels and Mechanical Reproduction
in the Age of ART (assisted reproductive technologies
Jing Li (University of Pennsylvania)
Feminist Folkloristics: the Second Way of Knowing
The conference program will highlight
several
Philadelphia-area community efforts, including:
The Philadelphia Folklore Project
click here for
PFP homepage
Debora Kodish is the founder and director of the Philadelphia Folklore
Project, a community-based folk arts organization. PFP was originally
created in anticipation of the AFS centennial celebration held in
Philadelphia in 1989. Since then it has become one of this country's
pre-eminent model non-profit folk arts organizations grounded by the
issues and concerns of the communities it serves.
CROSSTOWN, a new documentary produced by
folklorist Miriam Camitta and part of WYBE-TV's
"Philadelphia Stories" series.
click here
for "Crosstown" synopsis and Philadelphia Stories description
From the WYBE website:
"Crosstown": The story of urban
renewal set in South Philadelphia during the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on
the reaction of a diverse group
of people to a proposal to build an expressway through South
Street, the beloved main street of their neighborhood. It is a Philadelphia
story that cuts across time, gender, race and economics.
The Spiral Q Puppet Theater
click here for
Spiral Q homepage
From the Spiral Q website:
Spiral Q Puppet Theater
seeks to mobilize communities,
empower marginalized people
and illuminate the victories,
frustrations and possibilities of
living in the neighborhoods of
Philadelphia and similar urban
settings through the construction
of full-scale giant puppet
parades, toy theater and
neighborhood
pageantry.
The Kensington Welfare Rights Union
click here for
KWRU homepage
From the KWRU website:
The Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU)
is a multi-racial organization of, by and for poor and
homeless people. We believe that we
have a right to thrive - not just barely survive. KWRU is dedicated
to
organizing of welfare recipients, the
homeless, the working poor and all people concerned with economic
justice.
Although we
are a statewide organization, KWRU is mainly based in Kensington, a
neighborhood
in North Philadelphia. Once a center for manufacturing, Kensington
is now the
poorest district in the state of Pennsylvania.
Saturday's coference schedule features a "Reality Tour" of
Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, led by the KWRU. For a
"virtual" Kensington reality tour,
click
here.
From the KWRU website:
The Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU) is a multi-racial organization of, by and for poor and homeless people. We believe that we have a right to thrive - not just barely survive. KWRU is dedicated to organizing of welfare recipients, the homeless, the working poor and all people concerned with economic justice. Although we are a statewide organization, KWRU is mainly based in Kensington, a neighborhood in North Philadelphia. Once a center for manufacturing, Kensington is now the poorest district in the state of Pennsylvania.
Video Conference Events
Two events in the Penn Folklore-sponsored
Graduate Student Videoconference Series 2000-1will be held in
conjunction with the MAFA conference (follow the active link for more
information):
Roles of listener-sponsors in the
Pacifica radio network and
Subversion of body and place:
Discussion and demonstration of
virtual performance.
MAPS AND DIRECTIONS
Registration and most of Friday's conference activities take place in the
Bodek Lounge (room 100) of Houston
Hall. Conveniently located at the heart of Penn's
historic central campus, Houston
Hall (for those of you fond of street addresses) faces Spruce Street,
between 34th and 36th streets. Nearby campus dining facilities and
Penn's legendary food carts offer a range of inexpensive dining options
within easy walking distance.
For a map of Houston
Hall,
click here.
Other events take place in adjoining Logan Hall, home of the Graduate
Program in Folklore and Folklife and the Center for Folklore and
Ethnography.
For a complete campus map, downloadable in Adobe PDF format, click here.
For
directions to the University of
Pennsylvania campus by car, rail, or air, click here.
ACCOMODATIONS
For a list of accomodations in Philadelphia's
University
City Neighborhood
(including B&B's, hotels, inns) please
see the University City District's
suggestions:
click here for
campus area accomodations
BUDGET / ADVENTURE ACCOMODATIONS
Divine Tracy HotelA Folklore favorite for decades, right on campus.
(and don't forget the Keyflower Dining Room!)
20 South 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA., 19104
Phone: (215) 382-4310
Click here for Divine Tracy Hotel and International Peace Mission Movement
Chamounix
Mansion Hostel
Chamounix Drive/West Fairmount, 215-878-3676
Located in Fairmount Park (reasonably close to the University.)
www.philahostel.org
Bank Street Youth Hostel(Center City)
Address: 32 S. Bank Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 215-922-0222 or 1-800-392-4678
www.bankstreethostel.com
International House of Philadelphia
3701 Chestnut St., 215-387-5125
Just a few blocks from Penn, although availability is often tight.
www.ihousephilly.org
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