Unidentified slides from the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Fieldwork

Students

Classrooms

Elementary schools

Workers

Folklife

Teaching of folklore

Education

Fieldwork (educational method)

335 color slides. Images from demonstrations and fieldwork from the Duval County Folk Arts in Education project. Includes student dancing; folk dancers; artisans; cooks; and classrooms. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1618

1988

Florida Folklife Program

Florida Folk Festival

slides (photographs)

Still Image

S1618

2

Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Hansen, Gregory

1628

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