| Alabama Community Scholars
Institute Schedule |
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| Student Center Cafeteria hours:
Breakfast – 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Lunch – 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Dinner – 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
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| Friday, June 20 | Location: | |
| 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Check In | Delta Dorm |
| 7:30-9:00 p.m. | Reception and Introductions | Honors Center |
| Saturday, June 21 What is Folklore? | ||
| Breakfast | Student Center | |
| 9 a.m. | Types of folklore and what a folklorist does (Lesley W. & Staff) | Room 212 in SC |
| How is folklore different from history/journalism/anthropology? | ||
| Documented Alabama traditions (Joyce C.) | ||
| Alabama at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2010 (Joey B.) | ||
| Noon | Working Lunch in classroom | Student Center |
| 2:00 p.m. | Documenting local culture in your project (Lesley W) | Room 212 in SC |
| ACSI grads tell about projects they've done | ||
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner off campus (You pay) | |
| 7:00 p.m. | View Gandy Dancer documentary and talk about research behind it (Lesley W) | Honors Center |
| Sunday, June 22 Focus on Mardi Gras | ||
| 7-8 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | Delta Dorm |
| 8:15 a.m. | Board bus for Mardi Gras Museum and Museum of Mobile | Delta Dorm |
| Noon | Lunch in dowtown restaurant (You pay) | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Nick Spitzer on Mardi Gras
traditions worldwide, esp. New Orleans Kern Jackson on Mardi Gras in Mobile |
Room 212 in SC |
| 6:30 p.m. | Light supper | Delta Dorm Lounge |
| 7:00 p.m. | Music of Mardi Gras--Bay City Brass Band | |
| Monday, June 23 About Interviews/Assignments | ||
| Breakfast | SC Cafeteria | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Discussion of previous day's field trip | Room 212 in SC |
| 10 a.m.-noon | Kern assigns topics and interviewees to each scholar. Discussion with Kern, Nick Spitzer and Doug Boyd about what you need to know before going on interview and what questions should be asked. Discussion of public sector folklore and its purposes. | |
| Lunch | SC Cafeteria | |
| 2-5:30 p.m. | Interviewing technique, equipment, philosophy (Doug Boyd) | Room 212 in SC |
| Dinner | SC Cafeteria | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Practice inerviewing each other with your own equipment; evaluate clarity, mic position, etc. as well as content of interview. | Honors Center |
| Tuesday, June 24 Interviewing, Photography and Videography | ||
| Breakfast | SC Cafeteria | |
| 9 a.m.-noon | Logging and archiving interviews, photos | Room 212 in SC |
| Lunch | SC Cafeteria | |
| 2:30-5:30 p.m. | Michele Forman: Photographing and video recording subjects while or after the interview. Lighting, composition of the image, using microphones with video camera and other basic skills. | Room 212 in SC |
| Dinner | SC Cafeteria | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Documentary Photography and Videography workshop continued | Room 212 in SC |
| Wednesday, June 25: Fieldwork Day (Interviews) | ||
| Breakfast | SC Cafeteria | |
| No classes. Scholars go on interviews in pairs, come back and log tapes and photos. Prepare 8-10 min. report to be presented tomorrow. Lunch on your own. | ||
| Dinner | SC Cafeteria | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Gather to discuss day's interviewing experiences (not content of interview) | Honors Center |
| Thursday, June 26 Reports/Cultural Tourism | ||
| Breakfast | SC Cafeteria | |
| 9 a.m. | Reports on interview subjects and aspect of Mardi Gras they represent | Room 212 in SC |
| Lunch | SC Cafeteria | |
| 2-3:15 | Cultural Tourism (Linda Vice) | |
| 3:30-5:30 p.m. | Discussion/planning of your local culture projects (Lesley); breakout session on cultural tourism and/or Museum on Mainstreet projects | |
| Dinner | SC Cafeteria | |
| 7 p.m. | Revise reports, finish logs, make copies of your materials. Computer lab available in Alpha East for this work. | |
| Friday, June 27 Alabama Resources | ||
| Breakfast | SC Cafeteria | |
| 9 a.m. | Grant writing and fund-seeking basics .( Michael Reimer) ) Arts Council Grants (Joey B.) | West Library |
| Lunch | SC Cafeteria | |
| 2-4 p.m. | Alabama Resources: Presentations on AFA, ASCA, Archive of Folk Culture, ACTC--what they do and how they can help you | Room 212 in SC |
| 4:15-5:30 | The Apprenticeship Program (Anne K.) | |
| Dinner | SC Cafeteria | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Performance of bluegrass gospel music by The Sullivan Family | Honors Center |
| Saturday, June 28 Finishing Touches | ||
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | Delta Dorm |
| 9:00 a.m. | Discussion: How to present Mardi Gras at Smithsonian Folklife Festival | Room 212 in SC |
| Discussion: How you are going to do what you were trained to do? How can AFA, ASCA, other staff help? | ||
| Working Lunch in classroom | ||
| Plan Update session, do evaluation | ||
| 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Check out for those leaving after party | Delta Dorm |
| 5:30-6:30 | Tour of Battle Ship of Alabama | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Graduation Dinner on Battleship of Alabama | |
| End of ACSI 2008 | ||
| Sunday, June 29 | ||
| 8-9 a.m. | Checkout for those who stayed over. Breakfast on your own. | Delta Dorm |