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Recent Examples of folklifeKentucky folklife specialist Camille Acosta views horror as an instrument for healing.—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023 The exhibition opened with a panel discussion about the life and legacy of Thornton Dial featuring artists Richard Dial, Lonnie Holley, curator and historian Anne Collins Smith, and American studies and folklife professor and historian Stacy Morgan.—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2022 Our view—that folklife and culture belonged to the people and was an exercise of their expressive freedom—was in basic contrast with just about all Soviet officials and most, but not all, of their scholarly colleagues.—Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022 Common Ground on the Hill was recently named Maryland’s newest folklife center, one of three new regional folklife centers in the state, according to a Common Ground news release.—Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Aug. 2020 Ford Hamp's husband, Steve, got his bachelor of arts degree in American history from Butler, a master of arts degree in folklore and folklife from Indiana and his master of museum practice degree from Michigan.—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2020 Many people got up and placed a rose, among them Jennifer A. Cutting, a specialist the folklife center and 32-year veteran of the library.—Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
Kura Kura, which means turtle in Bahasa Indonesian and nods to folklore about how the island sits on a turtle shell, just launched a vodka line in July 2025.
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Visa Infinite Asia Pacific,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Rougarou — the name refers to a werewolf-like creature of Louisiana folklore — has a menu that gives a stylish upgrade to Southern classics and allows John David to build on an impressive career at restaurants in Chattanooga and Denver.
The kitchen turns out dishes influenced by a range of traditions, and with the recent addition of the renowned chef Byron Rubio, the menu is reaching new heights of creativity and refinement.
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Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Since the release of ChatGPT, in 2022, colleges and universities have been engaged in an experiment to discover whether artificially intelligent chatbots and the liberal-arts tradition can coexist.
While some allusions only indicate the time, others go into mythology.
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Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Its name comes from the creation mythology of the Tongva people, who are indigenous to the Los Angeles Basin, where the initial observations were made.
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