Given satellite coverage, they can reference images over a period of time to pinpoint when the damage occurred and how extensive it is. Native American Blanket Toss at Festival of American Folklife, 1974. (1980), Ph.D. (1990) Indiana University. Contact:DeutschJ@si.edu, Daz-Carrera, Cristina,Curator. While the archive, filled with paper documentation and other memorabilia, is traditionally considered to be museum material, the other two sections exemplify more accurately the direction CFCH is headed, with a "shift from reified and ossified discourses of 'preservation' to more dynamic and ecological models of sustainability". Opportunities for scholars include studies of cultural representation and cultural sustainability, collaborative research in specific areas of staff or programmatic interest, and projects involving a wealth of archival materials documenting the cultural traditions of communities in the U.S. and around the world over the last 80 years. Research specialties: Occupational folklife, African folklife, epic, narrative, proverbs, computer applications in folklore, intangible cultural heritage policy. Contact:AdamsG@si.edu, Belanus, Betty, Folklorist, Curator, Education Specialist. Don Quijote, #2 among General Alvear coffeehouses: 1 review by visitors. Box 37012, MRC 520 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012. Toward the end of the fierce battle for Kherson in November 2022, museum staff at the Kherson Regional Art Museum reported that dozens of Russian specialists and aides haphazardly loaded two trucks with some 10,000 artworks without proper packing. Generous contributions from Edward and Helen Hintz and Brad Freeman have helped support the effort, as have family and friends of Jamie Seltzer and Logan Cohen who, in lieu of gifts to the newlyweds, and at their direction, donated to the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative. He spearheaded the protracted negotiations to purchase the Folkways music collection from Moe Asch, including both recordings and business files. Research specialties: Occupational folklife, African folklife, epic, narrative, proverbs, computer applications in folklore, intangible cultural heritage policy. We thank you for your support! B.A. Behind the dancers is the sculpture "Infinity." Research specialties: Native American and Pacific Rim material culture, contemporary Native American art, museum practice. C. Latino Digital Curator of New and Emerging Media. It is open to guest researchers and other visitors by appointment. They have tackled challenges and found solutions to questions like: Whats the best way to pack hundreds of paintings quickly? Research specialties: Ethnographic and Indigenous archives, information ethics, language revitalization, indigenous knowledge systems, knowledge repatriation, Africa. Hawaiian participants are seen here riding a the downpour in a traditional Pa'u parade. Then, theyve carefully re-packed them with an eye toward their long-term sustainability. The Rockefeller Foundation enlisted the Omidyar Group to pitch in, as did others. Taquile Musicians from Peru at Festival of American Folklife, 1991. Included in the more than 3,000 albums are the recordings of Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Pete Seeger, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Ella Jenkins, Bernice Johnson Reagon and thousands of others; civil rights movement songs and speeches; the poetry of Langston Hughes; historical Native American traditions; varied regional and immigrant songs; and music and spoken word traditions from across the globe. Since its inception in 1967, the Festival has highlighted artisans from all 50 states, more than 100 countries and nearly 70 occupations. Russias war against Ukraine and its people is a clear and terrible affront to humanity and a violation of fundamental rights recognized in those accords. It produces more than a dozen new recordings annually, some from the archives, and others from contemporary documentation and recording projects. Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures (1974), Ph.D. (1981) University of Chicago. The Smithsonian, in an effort to document cultural war crimes as defined by the 1954 Hague Convention, shares its findings with Ukrainian cultural colleagues, and with the U.S. Department of States Conflict Observatory. (1989), M.A. A plethora of newly minted compound concepts have been introduced into the vocabulary and discussion of culture since the turn of the century. An aerial shot of the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, showing the site of the South Africa program. Rinzler had previously worked at the Newport Folk Festival, and brought with him both the know-how and connections needed to pull together a new DC folk festival. nmaahc.si.edu. Contact:BelanusB@si.edu, Butvin, Halle, Director of Special Projects. B.A. Contact:PlaceJ1@si.edu, Sheehy, Daniel E., Curator and Director Emeritus, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Theyve conducted inventories and composed condition reports. Research specialties: Native American and Pacific Rim material culture, contemporary Native American art, museum practice. This page was last edited on 8 December 2021, at 08:10. To date, the label has won six Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy, 10 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards and 30 Independent Music Awards. It began with the first Festival of American Folklife in 1967. Smithsonian Folkwaysisdedicated tosupporting cultural diversityandincreased understanding among peoplesthrough the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. The Smithsonians Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage promotes greater understanding and sustainability of cultural heritage across the United States and around the world through research, education and community engagement. This includes not only the artifacts which are born-digital but also older analog forms which require reformatting for the digital world.[10]. One of the early cultural casualties of the Russian invasion was the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum. The Chinese Poetry Left at Angel Island, the "Ellis Island of the West" Angel Island Immigration Station was built in 1910 in the San . The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is a research and educational unit of the Smithsonian Institution. It has become a national and international model of a research-based presentation of intangible cultural heritage. (2009) University of Hawaii at Mnoa/East West Center; M.A. Folklife Magazine explores how culture shapes our lives. In May 2022, Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy officials received reports of an attack on the Hryhorii Skovoroda Literary Memorial Museum, dedicated to an 18th-century Ukrainian poet, philosopher and composer and located in the tiny village of Skovorodynivka, near Kharkiv and the Russian border. Folklorist, Curator, Education Specialist. [8], The Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has as its stated mission to curate and provide public access to each item in their collection of folk music, spoken word, instruction, and sounds from around the world. B.A. Senior Folklorist Emeritus. (1979) State University of New York at Binghamton; M.A. A third team involved in the more theoretical work on "cultural policy". These were successfully concluded in 1987, and this collection became the core of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, a rich resource for the study of folk culture and music. Mexican Stitchery Demonstration at Festival of American Folklife, 1978. Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Morris, James R. Smithsonian Impresario: A Memoir by James Morris (2011). Support the Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, sustainability projects, educational outreach, and more. James Deutsch is a curator and editor at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution. | READ MORE. (1983), Ph.D. (1991) Indiana University. Intern at Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Portland, Oregon, United States . The Hague Convention of 1954 followed, outlawing the purposeful destruction and looting of cultural property, which is so integral to a nations and to a peoples identity. At the outset of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian cultural officials and leaders responded quickly to protect facilities and collections from the shelling and bombing. The inventory now includes more than 28,000 sites. In 2017, the label reached 251 million listeners through radio, online streaming and sales. B.A. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Currently there are three main research areas actively sponsored by CFCH. (1970), Ph.D. (1974) University of Chicago. In concatenated form, it documents the shift from folklore to cultural heritage that has taken place in academics and in fieldwork within the last 15 years. (1987) University of Maryland. B.A. From the enslaved looking to the cosmos for freedom to popular sci-fi stories inspiring Black astronauts, to the musical influence of Sun Ra, OutKast, Janelle Monae, P-Funk, and more, this exhibition covers the broad and impactful spectrum of Afrofuturism. Through Festival field and documentary research, curation, live programs, and digital storytelling, the Festival communicates an unwavering commitment to representing diverse cultures as a positive force for cultural equity, inclusivity, and the common good. (2011) New York University. Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundationrecalling the 2010 success of the Smithsonians Haiti Cultural Recovery Project hed supported when head of U.S. Agency for International Developmentpledged major support. In 1964 the new Smithsonian secretary, S. Dillon Ripley, arrived in Washington with an innovative museum concept: he challenged curators to "take the objects out of their cases and make them sing". Curator and Senior Archivist. Cloud cover over the region for days prevented good imagery. Using satellite imagery, the labs team examined the cultural damage caused by another Haitian earthquake, Taliban attacks on cultural sites in Afghanistan and the treatment of cultural resources in areas contested by Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. Research specialties: Intangible cultural heritage, Latin American music (specifically: USA, Mexico and Guatemala, Indigenous and migrant communities). (1979) State University of New York, Stony Brook; Ph.D. (1997) Union Institute. Music HerStory explores these contributions through unique media collections from across the Smithsonian. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH), Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum (CHNDM), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG), National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), National Museum of American History (NMAH), National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL), National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP), Smithsonian Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections Program, George Burch Fellowship in Theoretical Medicine and Affiliated Theoretical Science, Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (SARF). At a meeting in 1989, they published a "Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore". Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine, Roots of Virginia Culture: The Past is Present, Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2005), Haiti: Freedom and Creativity from the Mountains to the Sea, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2004), South Africa: Crafting the Economic Renaissance of the Rainbow Nation, The Baltic Nations: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women, Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds, The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation, Culture and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Masters of Traditional Arts: The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows, Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Culture in the Americas, The Changing Soundscape in Indian Country, Forest, Field and Sea: Folklife in Indonesia, Roots of Rhythm and Blues: The Robert Johnson Era, Les Ftes Chez Nous: France and North America, The Caribbean: Cultural Encounters in the New World, Ingenuity and Tradition: The Common Wealth of Massachusetts, Migration to Metropolitan Washington: Making a New Place Home, Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union, Cultural Conservation and Languages: America's Many Voices, Cultural Conservation: Traditional Crafts in a Post-Industrial Age, Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia, National Heritage Fellowships Program (1983), National Heritage Fellowships Program (1982), Music and Crafts of the Southeastern United States, Community Activities and Food Preservation, Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1978), Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1978), Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1977), Folklife in the Museum: Hall of Musical Instruments, Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1977). For a list of individual collections included under the umbrella of Smithsonian Folkways, see, For specifics on research questions for this group, see, For a list of events sponsored by this research group, see, Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, "Sustaining Minority Languages in Europe (SMiLE)", Smithsonian Contributions and Studies Series, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Center_for_Folklife_and_Cultural_Heritage&oldid=1059238250. Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use), Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert, Vn-nh Vanessa V. The Dalai Lama, 2000 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Building Arts and Traditional Architecture. Those trucks were later reported to have delivered the artworks to the Russian-controlled Central Museum of Tavrida in Simferopol, Crimea. The images in the exhibition spotlight noteworthy individuals and uplift objects from the museums collection, many on display for the first time. The impact of the Center is felt far beyond the National Mall. Free to the public, the Festival drew 8.25 million visitors on site and online in 2017. Research specialties: Music history, library and information sciences, ethnomusicology, multicultural history of the banjo. Contact:SeitelP@si.edu, Smith, Stephanie, Research Associate. In alignment with the mission of the Smithsonian Institution,[11] the Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage is actively promoting and supporting research in fields under its purview. B.A. The Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage (CFCH) is one of three cultural centers within the Smithsonian Institution in the United States. The Festival is an annual exposition of living culture held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for two weeks around the Independence Day holiday for audiences sometimes exceeding one million visitors. The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage promotes greater understanding and sustainability of cultural heritage across the United States and around the world through research, education, and community engagement. Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine, Roots of Virginia Culture: The Past is Present, Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2005), Haiti: Freedom and Creativity from the Mountains to the Sea, Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2004), South Africa: Crafting the Economic Renaissance of the Rainbow Nation, The Baltic Nations: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women, Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds, The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation, Culture and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Masters of Traditional Arts: The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows, Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Culture in the Americas, The Changing Soundscape in Indian Country, Forest, Field and Sea: Folklife in Indonesia, Roots of Rhythm and Blues: The Robert Johnson Era, Les Ftes Chez Nous: France and North America, The Caribbean: Cultural Encounters in the New World, Ingenuity and Tradition: The Common Wealth of Massachusetts, Migration to Metropolitan Washington: Making a New Place Home, Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union, Cultural Conservation and Languages: America's Many Voices, Cultural Conservation: Traditional Crafts in a Post-Industrial Age, Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia, National Heritage Fellowships Program (1983), National Heritage Fellowships Program (1982), Music and Crafts of the Southeastern United States, Community Activities and Food Preservation, Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1978), Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1978), Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1977), Folklife in the Museum: Hall of Musical Instruments, Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1977). (1985) Wichita State University; M.A. (1996) University of Kansas; Ph.D. (2001) University of Kansas. It now includes an extensive collection of traditional American music, children's music, and international music. (1977) University of North Carolina; Ph.D. (1988) University of Edinburgh. This intangible cultural heritage, transmitted from generation to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, their interaction with nature and their history, and provides them with a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity. Director:Michael Atwood MasonTotal Full-Time Employees:45Annual Budget (federal, trust and business activities) FY 2017:$10 million. Russias war in Ukraine is particularly cruel in attacking civilian targets, and its also marked by a strong cultural elementone that is being met with resistance from not only Ukrainians, but also the international community and the Smithsonian Institution. But the ambassador was unambiguous in her confidence that the Russians would not succeed. Tradition is always with us, shaping our thoughts, our behavior, our path into the future. Working in collaboration with the Smithsonian initiative "Recovering Voices"., this interdisciplinary research program explores relationships between language revitalization, cultural heritage, and traditional cultural transmission. (1970), Ph.D. (1974) University of Chicago. A relatively small but interesting and well-documented material culture collection includes iconic and other items from the Festival and the Centers projects. (1978) Arizona State University. Support the Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Cultural Vitality Program, educational outreach, and more. Nevertheless, he proposed to stage an outdoor festival on the National Mall during the summer, building on his previous career as both performer and manager in the music industry. Despite this, in 2014 Putin pursued his territorial ambitions by supporting ethnic Russian separatists in the Donbas region and forcibly taking Ukraines Crimean Peninsula. The minister asked the Smithsonian if we could determine its status from satellite imagery. Join our mailing list and help us with a tax-deductible donation today. The Center builds cultural understanding, strengthens communities, and reinforces our shared humanity through the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Cultural Sustainability initiatives, research and educational programs and the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. These attacks are not just random, nor do they represent collateral damage. Research specialties: Asian American history and culture, Los Angeles history and culture, urban history, public history, vernacular landscape. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large. The company generously embraced the challenge. library.si.edu. (1987) University of Maryland. Contact:Diaz-CarreraC@si.edu, Holmgren, Meredith,Curator, American Womens Music. (1979) Emory University; Ph.D. (1991) George Washington University. Alberta at the Smithsonian Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions Nuestra Msica: Latino Chicago Special Events (2006) 2005 Food Culture USA Forest Service, Culture, and Community Nuestra Msica: Music in Latino Culture (2005) Oman: Desert, Oasis, and Sea Special Events (2005) B.A. To facilitate this, Ripley appointed James R. Morris as the Smithsonian's first Director of Museum Services. American regional and ethnic culturesNative American, African American, and Latino cultureare well-represented. (1977) Smith College; M.A. In 2015, UNESCO inscribed the Moses and Frances Asch Collection into its Memory of the World International Register. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's, International media Interoperability Framework. Like Poshyvailo and his HERI teams, conservators across Ukraine have taken stock of the situation, salvaging collections and materials as best they can. The Smithsonian Latino Center (SLC) is now a part of the National Museum of the American Latino. This linguistic shift can be documented more precisely in the language of the UNESCO treaties. Search millions of objects in the collections including photographs, artworks, artifacts, scientific specimens, manuscripts, sound records, and transcripts. What precautions should be considered to avoid fire damage from shelling and water damage from extinguishing those fires? Morris and Rinzler were named Washingtonians of the Year. Our research is grounded in a community-oriented approach, shaping the rich programming of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the Mother Tongue Film Festival, the releases of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, and our Cultural Sustainability initiatives. (2004) Barnard College, Columbia University; M.A. Contact Robert N. directly . Conservators from Ukrainian museums, libraries and archives have benefited from the advice of experts at the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property and specialists from the Smithsonians Museum Conservation Institute, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Museum of Asian Art, and the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. To support Putins wrongful argument that Ukraine doesnt have a culture and history independent of Russia, his forces figure they can simply bomb away the countrys cultural heritage. Since 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has collaborated with cultural practitioners, communities, heritage professionals and scholars to spark curiosity, catalyze intercultural exchange, and create participatory experiences that nurture creative human connections. Womens leadership in music and social change is central to the American story. B.A. To date, almost 1,600 cases of potential damage to Ukrainian cultural heritage sites have been documented, including some 700 monuments and memorials, and more than 200 museums, archives and libraries. The Festival takes place for two weeks every summer overlapping the Fourth of July holiday. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is a research-based presentation of living cultural heritage annually produced outdoors on the National Mall. As such, it overlaps with topical arts programs brought to the National Mall each summer during the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. An active research group was formed to explore and articulate this concept of cultural sustainability. Yugoslav dancers rehearse on the South Terrace of the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, before their performance at the seventh annual Festival of American Folklife, June 30 - July 8, 1973. Rinzler continued in the Festival organization, originally as part of the Smithsonian's Division of Performing Arts until a separate Office of Folklife Programs was created in 1980. Dr. Richard Kurin It is this contemporary shift that CFCH bridges in its compound title of Folklife & Cultural Heritage. The center is composed of three distinct units. (1993), A.B.D. As in other regions of Europe, the population of the geographic region of modern Ukraine reflects a diversity of ethnic migrations and cultural influences, as well as a succession of political rulers and changing boundaries over millennia. A variety of research projects undertaken by the Center and its staff document cultural traditions and address issues of heritage policy and professional representation practices that result in books, chapters, journal articles and other products. (1979) State University of New York at Binghamton; M.A. (1979) State University of New York, Stony Brook; Ph.D. (1997) Union Institute. Smith College; M.A. (1978) Kenyon College; M.L.S. If proximate, they call up satellite photographic imagery to examine possible damage. Contact:YoungerE@si.edu, Office of Academic Appointments and Internships, Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study (SORS) Intro. A participant works on a quilt at the 1968 Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall, Washington, D.C. Yugoslav Dancers at Festival of American Folklife, 1973. Research specialties: Ethnomusicology, audiovisual archives, music industry, social organization, cosmology, ritual, oral narrative, South American Indians, Brazil. For the past nine months, a squad of Uber drivers has made more than 200 trips and racked up more than 30,000 miles taking conservators to hundreds of museums and offsite storage locations throughout Ukraine. The Center also produces major national cultural events consistent with its mission. B.A. This paper defines the field as folklore and uses that term throughout its paper:[4]. The Cultural Vitality Program works collaboratively with communities around the world to support the sustainability of homegrown forms of cultural and artistic production, especially in the areas of language, Indigenous culture, and craft. Rinzler worked at the center until his death in 1994. In 1998, the Festival was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to reflect its international interests, and in 1999 the office was renamed the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to reflect its research, as well as public program functions. Since 2003, he has helped plan and develop public programs on California, China, Hungary, Peace Corps, Apollo Theater, Circus Arts, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mekong River, U.S. Forest Service, World War II . Seitel, Peter, Senior Folklorist Emeritus. Research specialties: Ethnomusicology, audiovisual archives, music industry, social organization, cosmology, ritual, oral narrative, South American Indians, Brazil. Cultural Sustainability Research in Action. Research specialties: Indigenous, intercultural, and community media; digital media and performance;Afro-Brazilian expressive culture. The archive continues to grow in tandem with both the annual Folklife Festival, and the Folkways record label; it serves as the documentation and research foundation for the activities of these other two units of the CFCH. Support the Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, sustainability projects, educational outreach, and more. It has become a national and international model of a research-based presentation of intangible cultural heritage. These . During that project, the Smithsonian formally established SCRI under the direction of curator and former U.S. Army monuments woman Cori Wegener, leading to similar efforts in the ensuing years to respond to cultural crises around the worldfrom temple-destroying earthquakes in Nepal to museum bombings in Syria and Iraq. Research specialties: English country dance in the U.S., Scottish traditional song and the Folk Revival, comparative British and Appalachian folksong traditions. In 1987, the office purchased the Folkways music collection which became the core of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, a rich resource for the study of folk culture and music. From our earliest musical encounters to the formation of complex social identities, the American musical landscape wouldnt be what it is today without the countless contributions of women changemakers, groundbreakers, and tradition-bearers. To this day, the festival features performers, crafts people, and community groups from the United States and foreign countries. Ihor Poshyvailo, director of the Maidan Museum in Kyiv and co-founder of Ukraines Heritage Emergency Response Initiative, along with his crew, salvages the remains of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary built in 1862 and shelled by the Russians in March 2022. Privacy Statement [3] Instead of collecting and curating objects, both the Festival and the Folkways units at CFCH collect, research, and produce experiences. Contact:Marjorie@si.edu, Kim, Sojin, Curator. Originally part of the Smithsonian's Division of Performing Arts, a separate Office of Folklife Programs was created in 1980. 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