Dear ARSC Community,
Just wanted to put the word out about a series of summer workshops --
available to all, from anywhere in the world! -- being offered over Zoom by
the *Marion Voices Folklife + Oral History Program*
<http://marionvoices.org> in Marion County, Ohio: Marion County's folklife
for social justice program. The *Marion Voices Summer Institute in Cultural
Documentation
<https://www.eventbrite.com/o/marion-voices-folklife-oral-history-33568354063>,
*in Summer 2021, is featuring seven workshops at the intersections of
community-based cultural documentation -- including several in recorded
sound practice -- alongside workshops in social, racial, & economic justice
practice geared towards cultural heritage non-profits, organizations,
artists, & practitioners. Registration is now open, & we'd love to see some
ARSC members there for the conversation!
Our slate of Summer 2021 workshops include:
*Cultural & Documentary Arts Series:*
- *Environmental Soundscapes*
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-environmental-soundscapes-tickets-160433550067?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>w/
Jess Lamar Reece Holler <http://caledonianorthern.org> (Sat., 07/10
4-5PM EST)
- *Oral History 101 *w/ Jess Lamar Reece Holler
<http://caledonianorthern.org>(Weekend Intensive: July 17-18, 4-6PM EST)
- *Part 1
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-oral-history-101-pt-1-tickets-160436577121?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>,
Part 2
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-oral-history-101-pt-2-tickets-160438593151?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>,
Part 3
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-oral-history-101-pt-3-tickets-160438835877?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>,
Part 4
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-oral-history-101-pt-4-tickets-160439365461?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>*
- *Folklife & Folk Arts 101* w/ Jess Lamar Reece Holler
<http://caledonianorthern.org> (Thursday: 08/12, 08/19, 08/26 @ 8PMEST)
- *Part 1
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-folklife-folk-arts-101-pt-1-tickets-161764846009?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>,
Part 2
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-folklife-folk-arts-101-pt-2-tickets-160432525001?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>,
Part 3
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-folklife-folk-arts-101-pt-3-tickets-160433341443?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>*
*Social Justice Praxes Series:*
- *Afro-Futurist Funding* w/ Johnnie L. Jackson
<https://www.marionmade.org/2020/10/johnnie-jackson/> (Saturdays August
7, 14, 21: 10-11AM EST)
- *Part 1
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-afro-futurist-fundingpt-1-tickets-160536461879?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>,
Part 2
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-afro-futurist-funding-pt-2-tickets-160539023541?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>,
Part 3
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-afro-futurist-funding-pt-3-tickets-160540279297?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>*
- *Equity Budgeting
<https://oldelectricity.medium.com/equity-budgeting-a-manifesto-7ebdfd795159>
101* w/ Jess Lamar Reece Holler <http://caledonianorthern.org>(Mondays,
08/09 + 08/16, 7-8PM EST)
- *Diversifying Your Board*
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-diversifying-your-board-tickets-160543789797?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>
w/ Francisco "Paco" Ollervides
<https://www.greenleadershiptrust.org/about-us/leadership/> (Monday.,
Aug. 23rd 5-6PM EST)
- *The Inner Work of Anti-Racism*
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-the-inner-work-of-anti-racism-tickets-160540700557?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>
w/ Whitney Gherman <http://cypressandoak.org> (Tues., Aug. 24th 6:45-8PM
EST)
In particular, I wanted to draw the ARSC community's attention to our
rapidly upcoming *Environmental Soundscapes workshop*
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-voices-summer-institute-environmental-soundscapes-tickets-160433550067?aff=ebdsoporgprofile>:
a brief introduction to the history, practice, & documentary ethics of
soundscape recordings, as well as applications for community-based
soundscape recording projects at the intersections of local history &
experimental sound arts practice, coming up *this Saturday, 07/10, from
4-5PM EST*:
*Marion Voices* Summer Institute: Environmental Soundscapes
*Learn about & how -- & why -- to record environmental soundscapes to
document, preserve, & compose with your community's sonic ecology!*
Have you ever played an ambient YouTube clip of rain falling on a café, or
the wind blowing thru the trees? What about the sounds of your own
community? Our soundscapes are often the most distinctive -- but least
immediately recognizable -- aspects of our home environments. How does that
work? What can we learn from documenting the complex soundscapes of our
communities? This workshop will explore the art, politics, + ethics of
ambient media documentation -- beginning with the controversial politics of
the ambient music + "acoustic ecology" movements of the 1970s, & tracking
all the way thru to summer 2021: the summer of the cicadas. Together, we'll
talk about how documentary ethics looks when we're recording whole sonic
worlds, & not just an interview; & we'll also touch upon options for
collating & composing with environmental soundscape recordings: for the
radio, film/video, or for building custom soundscape "libraries."
No experience or equipment necessary. Registration is required; contact *Marion
Voices* for questions or accessibility requirements.
****
All *Marion Voices* Summer Institute workshops will be offered
live/synchronously over Zoom; recordings, depending on instructor
preference, likely will *not* be available after the fact. All ticketed
registration proceeds support the upcoming Fall 2021 & Spring/Summer 2022
community programming work of *Marion Voices*: including our launch of a
new K-12 folklife/folk arts residency program in Marion County!
*Organizational/institutional
ticketing is also available for universities, museums, non-profits, & other
cultural facilities who would like to send multiple staff members (or an
entire team) to a workshop.* To check out our full series, see the listing
here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/o/marion-voices-folklife-oral-history-33568354063>
!
*** Please note that, due to issues with Eventbrite x Zoom integration for
multi-part workshop series, each part of each workshop series must be
ticketed separately; so please make sure to separately register for each
part of a multi-part workshop you'd like to attend! ****
Feel free to give me a shout with any questions; & please do circulate to
your networks. We'd love to see some recorded sound & sound collections
folks in the mix on Saturday!
In solidarity,
Jess
--
*Jess Lamar Reece Holler*
Public & Community-Based Folklorist & Oral Historian
Historic Preservation & Heritage Consultant
Caledonia Northern Folk Studios <http://caledonianorthern.org> -- Caledonia
& Columbus, Ohio
oldelectricity [at] gmail [dot] com
tel. 614.273.5907
"Later there might be goldenrod, but let it come."
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