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Des chercheurs du Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics ont récemment mis en évidence des indices suggérant la présence d'un trou noir supermassif, estimé à environ 600 000 fois la masse du Soleil, au sein du Grand Nuage de Magellan (GNM). Cette galaxie naine, satellite de la Voie lactée, est en orbite autour de notre galaxie et se rapproche progressivement, ce qui pourrait, à terme, conduire à une fusion galactique.Détection indirecte par les étoiles hypervélocesLes trous noirs, en particulier ceux qui ne sont pas en phase d'accrétion active de matière, sont difficiles à détecter directement en raison de leur nature invisible. Cependant, leur présence peut être inférée par leurs effets gravitationnels sur leur environnement. Dans cette étude, les chercheurs ont analysé le mouvement d'étoiles dites "hypervéloces" : des étoiles se déplaçant à des vitesses exceptionnellement élevées, suffisantes pour échapper à l'attraction gravitationnelle de la Voie lactée.Parmi les étoiles hypervéloces étudiées, neuf semblaient provenir du GNM. Pour qu'une étoile atteigne une telle vitesse, une interaction gravitationnelle avec un objet extrêmement massif est nécessaire. Les calculs des chercheurs indiquent qu'un trou noir d'environ 600 000 masses solaires pourrait être responsable de l'accélération de ces étoiles.Implications pour l'avenir galactiqueLe GNM est en orbite autour de la Voie lactée et se rapproche lentement de notre galaxie. Les modèles astrophysiques prédisent qu'une collision et une fusion entre le GNM et la Voie lactée pourraient se produire dans environ 2 milliards d'années. Si le trou noir supermassif du GNM existe, cette fusion galactique pourrait entraîner une interaction entre ce trou noir et Sagittarius A, le trou noir supermassif situé au centre de la Voie lactée.Une telle interaction pourrait avoir des conséquences significatives, notamment la fusion des deux trous noirs, générant des ondes gravitationnelles détectables et modifiant la dynamique stellaire au sein de la galaxie résultante. Cependant, ces événements se dérouleraient sur des échelles de temps extrêmement longues et n'auraient pas d'impact direct sur notre système solaire à court terme.Précautions et perspectives futuresBien que ces découvertes soient intrigantes, elles reposent sur des déductions indirectes. Des observations supplémentaires et des études plus approfondies sont nécessaires pour confirmer l'existence de ce trou noir supermassif dans le GNM. Les futures missions d'observation, notamment celles utilisant des instruments de détection d'ondes gravitationnelles, pourraient fournir des preuves plus directes et enrichir notre compréhension des interactions entre galaxies et des trous noirs supermassifs qu'elles abritent.En résumé, la possible existence d'un trou noir massif dans le Grand Nuage de Magellan, se rapprochant de la Voie lactée, ouvre de nouvelles perspectives sur l'évolution future de notre galaxie et les phénomènes astrophysiques associés aux fusions galactiques. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

"I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious.” As the New Year approaches, this iconic line from The Office feels more relatable than ever. From gulping grapes in Spain to donning yellow underwear in South America and practicing Scotland's ancient “first-footing” tradition, people around the world embrace odd – and oddly meaningful - rituals to ensure good luck in the year ahead. Join us as we travel around the Smithsonian to explore how facing the unknown brings us together at New Year's… in the most unusual ways.Guests:Jim Deutsch, senior content coordinator for America at 250 book project with the Smithsonian Institution, formerly a curator at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural HeritageTey Marianna Nunn, associate director of content and interpretation for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American LatinoTheo Gonzalvez, curator at the National Museum of American HistoryGrace Jan, Yao Wenqing Chinese Painting Conservator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

This week is a very special as we are joined by Lisa of Cryptid Comforts to discuss the internet's boyfriend, The Mothman! This unlikely hunk has fluttered his way into our collective hearts and this week we try to find out why. Can't get enough Mothman? Neither can we which is why you should check out The Cryptid Crate for a very special Cryitid Crate Jr.! Or visit The Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant West Virginia. Still hungry for more Mothman?! Then head to Point Pleasant the weekend of September 21st and 22nd for The Annual Mothman Festival! Sources: Anglis, Jaclyn. “The Legend of the Mothman Was a Joke in West Virginia - until 46 People Died.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 12 Mar. 2024, allthatsinteresting.com/mothman. Douglas, Eric. “Mothman Legacy Has Ties to Ancient Folklore.” West Virginia Public Broadcasting, 10 Nov. 2020, wvpublic.org/mothman-legacy-has-ties-to-ancient-folklore/. “Garuda.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 May 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda. Halls, Kelly Milner, and Rick Spears. Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide. Little Bigfoot, an Imprint of Sasquatch Books, 2019. June 7, 2021 |  Gwen Mallow |        Comments. “An Ode to a Hometown Creature: Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.” Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia. Accessed 12 May 2024. lachaus2@uwm.edu. “History Student Tells the Story of the Mothman.” Letters & Science, 4 Dec. 2023, uwm.edu/letters-science/in-focus-2021/history-student-tells-the-story-of-the-mothman/. “Mothman Festival®.” MOTHMAN FESTIVAl®, www.mothmanfestival.com/. Accessed 12 May 2024. “Mothmanmuseum.Com.” Mothmanmuseum.Com, www.mothmanmuseum.com/. Accessed 12 May 2024. “The Mystery of Mothman, the Red-Eyed Monster of Point Pleasant.” BostonGlobe.Com, 3 Nov. 2022, apps.bostonglobe.com/special-projects/2022/10/road-trip-america/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia. Ocker, J. W. The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters. Quirk Books, 2022. Offutt, Jason. Chasing American Monsters: 251 Creatures, Cryptids, and Hairy Beasts. Llewellyn Publications, 2019. #mothman #cryptid

The cicadas are back for some fun in the sun, and this time, they're louder than ever! For the first time since 1803, Broods XIII and XIX will be emerging at the same time, covering the American South and Midwest with trillions of cicadas. As Smithsonian entomologist Floyd Shockley readies his nets for the biggest bug invasion in centuries, we look back at the emergence of Brood X in 2021, and explore how cicadas have captivated our human ancestors for millennia. Guests: Floyd Shockley, entomologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Gao Hong, professional pipa player, composer, and educator Jim Deutsch, curator at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Jan Stuart, Melvin R. Seiden Curator of Chinese Art at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

It's a song we often hear at the start of the new year. But what does “auld lang syne” even mean? And how did it come to be associated with New Year's Eve? With a little musical sleuthing, we find Charlie Chaplin might have something to do with it… Guests: James Deutsch, curator of folklife and popular culture at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Today we are speaking with Dr Daniel Palumbo, from the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Daniel is an astrophysicist and data scientist with the Event Horizon Telescope who worked on those amazing black hole images using data from the planet-sized telescope, the EHT, the Event Horizon Telescope. He is involved in ongoing work on the Next Generation EHT consortium In this episode he shares his science journey, how the EHT works and how he worked with the imaging teams to produce those two historic and stunning black hole images from our Milky Way Galactic Center, Sagittarius A* and the more distant supermassive black hole in Messier 87* Brilliant science beautifully explained. Thanks Daniel.

On today's episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we're talking about folklore with my guest Diana Baird N'Diaye. Diana is a senior curator and cultural heritage specialist at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. She previously held positions as folk arts program analyst at the New York State Council on the Arts and curator-in-chief at the Muse Community Museum of Brooklyn, New York. Dr. N'Diaye is also a maker, creating quilts, necklaces, clothing, bags, and everything in between. As a maker, her focus is to provoke conversations and contemplations around identity, heritage, healing, and the social terrain in those of the diaspora. Utilizing her creativity as an anthropologist, Diana's travel and research permeate through her work. Her art is shaped by her identities as a citizen of global Africa and 2nd generation transnational. +++++ Today's episode is sponsored by Craftsy. Calling all crafters! Are you ready to dive deep into your favorite crafting projects and learn new techniques along the way? Then it's time to join Craftsy Premium Membership. For ONLY $1.49, you'll receive a full year of access to expert-led tutorials, patterns, and projects in every category you can imagine. With a massive library of resources at your fingertips, you'll be able to create your best work yet and bring your crafting dreams to life. Don't wait – sign up now at CraftsyOffers.com and discover the endless possibilities of Craftsy Premium Membership! +++++ To get the full show notes for this episode visit Craft Industry Alliance where you can learn more about becoming a member of our supportive trade association. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections with forward-thinking craft professionals. Join today.

On this episode, I speak with Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye, The African American Folklorist of the Month! Dr. Diane Baird N'Diaye is an interdisciplinary Visual artist/maker and cultural scholar. N'Diaye developed and headed the African American Crafts Initiative, is the principal investigator and Curator of the Will to Adorn: African American Dress and the Aesthetics of Identity, was awarded the Smithsonian Secretary's Research Prize for Curatorial Conversations: Cultural Representation at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival; and currently holds the position as Senior Folklife Curator, Cultural Specialist, Directs African American Craft Initiative at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage. She's written many pieces and engages directly with traditional arts. Dr. N'Diaye fancies herself a maker, creating everything from quilts to necklaces, clothing, bags, and everything in between. As a maker, her focus is to provoke conversations and contemplations around identity, heritage, healing, and the social terrain in those of the diaspora live. Utilizing her creativity as an anthropologist, Diane's travel and research permeate through her work. N'Diaye says, “ My art is shaped by my identities as a citizen of global Africa and 2nd generation transnational.” As the African American Folklorist of the Month, I had the honor to sit with Dr. N'Diaye and discuss her journey, works, and thoughts on Black in the academic and independent Folklore space. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/africanamericanfolklorist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/africanamericanfolklorist/support

What is it about a mistletoe that says “smooch?” And what the heck is figgy pudding anyway? The holidays are here again, and with them come songs, foods, and rituals so familiar we may not think to ask where they come from...until now! In this holiday special, we track down the origins of some puzzling Christmastime traditions, jingling all the way from Norse mythology to Victorian home cooking, the Emancipation Proclamation, and even out of this world. Guests: Margaret Weitekamp, chair of the Space History Department of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum; curator of cultural and social history of spaceflight Ashley Rose Young, food historian at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Teddy Reeves, curator of religion at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture Jim Deutsch, curator at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Amy D. Clark, PhD,Amy Clark is a professor of Appalachian and Communication Studies at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, where she is the founding co-director of the Center for Appalachian Studies, and founding Director of the Appalachian Writing Project. She is author and co-editor of Talking Appalachian: Voice, Identity, and Community (University Press of Kentucky). Her work on Appalachian dialects has appeared in the New York Times and NPR, among other publications. She co-hosts the podcast Southern Salon: Culture and Communication Podcast  which includes a new series on Talking Appalachia. Jayne Moore WaldropJayne Moore Waldrop is a  western Kentucky native,   She is the author of Retracing My Steps, a finalist in the 2018 New Women's Voices Chapbook Contest, and Pandemic Lent: A Season in Poems. Waldrop's work has appeared in the Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Still: The Journal, Appalachian Review, New Madrid Review, Deep South Magazine, New Limestone Review, Women Speak, and other literary journals. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky.University Press of Kentucky  The University Press of Kentucky has a dual mission—the publication of academic books of high scholarly merit in a variety of fields and the publication of significant books about the history and culture of Kentucky, the Ohio Valley region, the Upper South, and Appalachia. The Press is the statewide nonprofit scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, serving all Kentucky state-sponsored institutions of higher learning as well as six private colleges and Kentucky's two major historical societies.The Short Fuse PodcastHosted and produced by Elizabeth Howard.  Learn more at Elizabeth Howard.The Arts Fuse   The Arts Fuse was established in June, 2007 as a curated, independent online arts magazine dedicated to publishing in-depth criticism, along with high quality previews, interviews, and commentaries. The publication's over 60 freelance critics (many of them with decades of experience) cover dance, film, food, literature, music, television, theater, video games, and visual arts. There is a robust readership for arts coverage that believes that culture matters.  Courtesy of Smithsonian FolkwaysSmithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. We believe that musical and cultural diversity contributes to the vitality and quality of life throughout the world. Through the dissemination of audio recordings and educational materials we seek to strengthen people's engagement with their own cultural heritage and to enhance their awareness and appreciation of the cultural heritage of others. Smithsonian Folkways is part of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.Alex Waters Alex is the technical producer, audio editor and engineer for the Short Fuse Podcast. He is a music producer and a student at Berklee College of Music. He has written and produced music and edited for podcasts including The Faith and Chai Podcast and Con Confianza. He writes, produces and records music for independent artists, including The Living.  He lives in Brooklyn can can be reached at  alexwatersmusic12@gmail.com with inquiries. 

This week: growing food on the moon, a strange cave on Mars, the first photos of our own blackhole, Dawkins argues with pro-Lifers, and is this the end of crypto!?MOON FOODHave you seen the film High Life? It's about a group of criminals on death row who get sent on a mission to space to extract alternative energy from a black hole.It's a pretty sick film, not just because of the plot - it also shows a spaceship with an incredible garden that's tended by Andre 3000!The garden is full of fruits and vegetables that sustain the crew, but is it actually possible?This recent news shows that it might be!For the first time, scientists have grown plants in lunar soil collected on the moon by the Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.The scientists had no idea if anything would sprout in the harsh moon dirt, and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by a new generation of lunar explorers.While there was some growth, compared to the plants grown in Earth's dirt, the moon plants were stunted.The scientists worked out that the longer the soil was exposed to punishing cosmic radiation and solar winds on the moon, the worse the plants seemed to do. So for now, Earth food will have to do.MARTIAN DOORWhat is this door on Mars and who built it?That's what the world was asking last Thursday when a recent photo taken by the Mars Curiosity rover went viral.While it definitely looks like a Martian hobbit hole, unfortunately the reality is not that exciting.Neil Hodgson, an expert in Martian geology, said that while it was a very curious image “it looks like natural erosion to me."AWW! Way to ruin our fun, Neil!He's right though… to the trained eye there are some obvious signs that it's not a door. Firstly, it's less than a metre tall, so the martians must be bloody short.Secondly, check out the rocky layers, known as “strata”. These were likely deposited some 4 billion years ago, possibly in one of the abundant rivers that used to flow on Mars. The curved form is similar to other wind-eroded spots on Mars.Curiosity has been whipping around on Mars for a decade, and this is without a doubt one of the weirdest photos it's captured. We can't wait to see what it finds next!BLACKHOLESome of the biggest space news this week is that we have the first ever image of the supermassive blackhole that sits at the heart of our galaxy.The blackhole is called Sagittarius A*, and it's our baby! Unlike other supermassive blackholes, this one sits in our backyard, which makes it a little easier to study.This recent image was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope. The event horizon refers to the boundary of the black hole beyond which no light can escape.While we can't see the event horizon itself because it doesn't emit light, we can see glowing gas orbiting the blackhole. This light is being bent by the blackhole's powerful gravity, which is 4 MILLION times more massive than our Sun.Despite its size, scientists are surprised at how little gas and dust it eats.Michael Johnson from the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said that “If Saggittarius A* was a person, it would consume the equivalent of a grain of rice once every million years.”Talk about an extreme diet… We hope the astronomers find out more about its eating habits, and we hope it doesn't involve snacking on Earth!ABORTIONIs an acorn an oak tree? This is one of the questions that Richard Dawkins asks us to ponder in a fiery new essay on a perhaps the hottest cultural topic of today - abortion.Abortion is back in the public discourse after it was leaked that the US Supreme Court will overturn Roe vs Wade; a landmark decision that ruled that the US Constitution protects a pregnant woman's liberty to have an abortion.Dawkins is a biologist who's not afraid to dive head first into these prickly discussions. In his recent essay titled They Think It's Murder, he provides us with persuasive arguments against the religious Right.Firstly, Dawkins tackles their argument that the embryo experiences pain. He says that if you think this, you better be a vegan too, because animals definitely experience pain yet we justify their killing.What about people who are against killing an embryo because it has the potential of becoming a human? By that logic, every sperm that ends up in a sock and not in a cervix is also a crime!Check out his essay for more arguments, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.CRYPTOWhat's up with crypto?People have lost hundreds of MILLIONS of dollars due to the crypto crash.So, what's the cause of it all?It's hard to pinpoint, and some people are even suspecting an “evil genius” could be behind it all.But the TL;DR version is that there was a stablecoin called Luna, which was designed to stay equal to the US dollar, hence the name “stable”.Well, stable it wasn't! One Luna coin went from being worth $122 dollars to 5 CENTS in a matter of days.It wasn't just Luna, pretty much every crypto currency crashed, leaving Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance down an incredible $47.6 BILLION DOLLARS!Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX who also happens to be a big fan of our mate Peter Singer, is down $3 billion.And while we all enjoy seeing rich people lose money, it's not as funny when you realise that Sam is an effective altruist who donates large swathes of his wealth to good causes.So, let us know, do you think this is the end of crypto? Was it just a phase? Let us know in the comments.---That's all for this week. Don't forget we're taking Peter Singer to Auckland on August 6 - get your tickets at thinkinc.org.au or at the link in our bio.Until next time, take care!Sign up to our newsletter → bit.ly/think-sign-up

Astrophysicist Michael Johnson at The Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics joined WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" radio program on Friday to discuss the new image of the Black Hole in our Milky Way Galaxy. Astronomers Reveal First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of Our Galaxy WASHINGTON POST: Supermassive black hole seen at the center of our galaxy. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CenterForAstro For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock,and @patrickpinkfile. Show website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About the guestSandra L. Gibson's arts and culture training, teaching and practice over three decades have given her a unique understanding of partnership, creativity and collaboration. Gibson's professional experience began with her role as program representative for UCLA Extension's Department of the Arts, where she developed and managed 180-200 nationally recognized programs annually. Gibson later became Director, West Coast Operations at American Film Institute, where she also served Director, NEA's Independent Filmmaker Program and Director, Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies. Gibson's work as the executive director of the Long Beach Regional Arts Council in California developed her gifts for working with diverse cultural communities, individual artists and patrons of arts and culture. Gibson directed the city's first Cultural Masterplan and launched the first Smithsonian Institution Program Affiliation in the US with the City of Long Beach. In 1995 Gibson served on the steering committee that formed Americans for the Arts and as a founding board member, and was recruited for the position of executive vice president and COO at the organization in 1998. In 2000, she was appointed the fourth president and CEO of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, the leading service and advocacy organization for the presenting industry worldwide. Gibson realized the need for a more comprehensive assessment of the performing arts in the context of a rapidly changing world and partnered with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to sponsor the first nationwide survey of the performing arts presenting field. Gibson engaged the association in new technologies and expanded its reach globally and across industry sectors, including partnerships with the leadership of Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes in Mexico; the French Embassy Cultural Services Division; the Netherlands Consulate and the Cultural Ministry of Colombia, among others. Gibson served as a Commissioner on the Culture Committee of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO from 2005-2009 and testified with cellist Yo-Yo Ma about the challenges with nonimmigrant visa processing before the House of Representatives Government Reform Committee in 2005. Gibson served on NEA's Music Creativity panel in July 2002, the Regional Partnership Agreements panel in February 2006, the State Partnerships Agreements panel in January 2009, and State Partnerships Stimulus funding panel in March 2009. In 2004 Gibson launched the Creative Campus Initiative with a landmark meeting of the American Assembly at Columbia University, and in 2007 established the Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program to support exemplary cross-campus, interdisciplinary projects that integrate the arts into the academy. Gibson also led the development of an eco-leadership forum that advances the goals and action agenda of Culture|Futures, an international collaboration of organizations and individuals in the nonprofit, for-profit, philanthropic, economic development, political and policy arenas who are shaping and delivering proactive support for the transition towards an Ecological Age by 2050.Gibson became an independent consultant in July 2011 and in 2012 formed Sandra L. Gibson and Associates, LLC, a consulting practice dedicated to advancing the arts, culture and education globally. Gibson serves as Executive Director of the Maryland Film Festival/Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, as a Consulting Advisor to the DeVos Institute for Arts Leadership founded by Michael Kaiser at the University of Maryland, and as a Consulting Advisor to The Canales Project founded by opera singer Carla Dirlikov. From 2012-2018 Gibson served as the first executive director of the National China Garden Foundation in Washington, DC, overseeing the development, fundraising and construction design for a priority U.S.-China government initiative to establish the National China Garden, a 12-acre classical Chinese garden center in the historic U.S. National Arboretum. She has served as a consultant to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture, Northwoods Nijii Enterprise Corporation, Theatre Forward, and as an advisor to the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, as a consultant to the Smithsonian Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Access, and the National Museum of American History, as well as a Senior Artistic Advisor to the China International Performing Arts Fair, Guangzhou, China. Currently Gibson serves as President and Chair, Friends of the British Council, Board Member and Chair of the Artistic Committee of the Sphinx Organization, and as Vice Chair of the National Advisory board for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. An ethnomusicologist and musician with a Master's Degree in Music from Northwestern University, Gibson believes the arts are critical to personal, community and national well being, essential to an advanced democracy and vital to global cultural exchanges. She has worked tirelessly to raise dynamic conversations about the intrinsic value and impact of art and art making, their contributions to a high-quality education, to economic livelihood and to a historic legacy woven intricately into the very fabric of life.The Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.Mentioned in this episodeSNF ParkwayPhotography by Mike MorganTo find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory.Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode★ Support this podcast ★

Em uma pequena cidade americana, testemunhas relatam a aparição de uma criatura alada bizarra com grandes olhos vermelhos. Será real? O que essas pessoas viram? E o que esse monstro tem a ver com o desabamento de uma ponte? Esse é o podcast Clube dos Detetives e hoje vamos falar sobre o Homem Mariposa de Point Pleasant. • FICHA TÉCNICA:  - Roteiro, Edição e Revisão: Rodolfo Brenner • VERSÃO ESCRITA: - https://www.podcastcdd.com.br/post/17-o-homem-mariposa-de-point-pleasant-mist%C3%A9rios • APOIE O PODCAST: - Orelo: ⁠https://orelo.cc/clubedosdetetives⁠ - PIX: podcastcdd@gmail.com • REDES SOCIAIS: - Site:⁠ http://www.podcastcdd.com.br⁠ - Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/podcastcdd/⁠ - Rodolfo: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/rodolfobrenner/⁠⁠ - E-mail: podcastcdd@gmail.com • FONTES: WCHS-TV, All That's Interesting, MonsterQuest, npr, Nerdist, WBOY 12 News, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, BuzzFeed Unsolved, Monstrum, Roadtrippers.

Conference of Michelle L. Stefano, Ph.D., Folklife Specialist at the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress, Washington The presentation explores the “public folklore” system in the United States for safeguarding and promoting what is commonly called “folklife” (or living cultural traditions and practices), a concept comparable to “intangible cultural heritage”. This exploration begins at the national level, tracing the development of a nationwide public folklore infrastructure via efforts of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the Folk and Traditional Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Folklife Center, since the late 1960s. It then follows the infrastructure to the state and local levels through an examination of particular programs of Maryland Traditions, the folklife program of the state of Maryland, bringing to light guiding principles – such as reflexivity and collaboration – and common areas of activity of U.S. public folklorists. Activities discussed relate to folklife festivals, apprenticeship programs, ethnographic research and documentation, and archives. As shown, U.S. public folklore is a system that in large part serves to support a multitude of local-level, community-based collaborations in sustaining folklife. Conférence du cycle "Ce que patrimoine veut dire"Enregistré sur Zoom le 13 avril 2021.

What is a Crankie? When traditional Appalachian musician Anna Roberts-Gevalt first showed ballad singer Elizabeth LaPrelle a crankie, Elizabeth was speechless. “I really freaked out,” LaPrelle told WUNC's Laura Candler in 2013.  Crankies, which originated in Europe, have been used for years to enhance the art of live storytelling. A crankie consists of long rolls of fabric that are rolled up on either side,  decorated with scenes and images that tell a story. The operator of the crankie then turns the crank as they sing or tell their story. Think of it as a small, tiny theater.  Roberts-Gevalt and LaPrelle met during a show in Virginia and combined their talents to form Anna and Elizabeth. The duo decided to incorporate crankies in their performances to help bring them to life. And though they are no longer performing together, their three albums and countless performances left a lasting imprint on the Appalachian music scene.  In this week's episode, we listen back to a 2013 interview where Roberts-Gevalt and LaPrelle describe how they met and their inspiration behind incorporating crankies into their performances.  Triangle of Skunks Bil Lepp has made a name for himself as one of the region's most famous storytellers. Lepp is a five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars Contest. He has also been described as “a side-splittingly funny man” by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife. One example is a hilarious story Lepp tells about summer camp and a family of skunks. He performed the story “Skunks” during a Mountain Stage performance at the West Virginia Culture Center. Listen to this week's Inside Appalachia to hear it.  Sweet Tea and Red Wine Michael Reno Harrell is a storyteller from Burke County, North Carolina. His mother's family, including his aunt Eloise, spent most of their life in Buncombe County, just outside Asheville. Harrell, like so many others, hasn't had the chance to see anyone in his extended family during the past year. So, when we asked Harrell which story of his he'd like to share, he chose one called “Sweet Tea and Red Wine,” about his mom, and her sister-in-law, his aunt Eloise. We'll listen to a performance of the story from the 2017 International Storytelling Center. Our theme music is by Matt Jackfert. Other music this week was provided by Tyler Childers, as heard on Mountain Stage, Dinosaur Burps, Michael Reno Harrell and Anna and Elizabeth. Roxy Todd is our producer. Jade Artherhults is our associate producer. Our executive producer is Andrea Billups. Kelley Libby is our editor. Our audio mixer is Patrick Stephens. Zander Aloi also helped produce this episode. You can find us on Twitter @InAppalachia.

Estevan Oriol is an internationally celebrated professional photographer, director and urban lifestyle entrepreneur. Beginning his career as a hip-hop club bouncer turned tour manager for popular Los Angeles-based rap groups Cypress Hill and House of Pain, Estevan's passion for photography developed while traveling the world. With an influential nudge and old camera from his father, renowned photographer Eriberto Oriol, Estevan began documenting life on the road and established a name for himself amid the emerging hip-hop scene. His work has been showcased in select galleries and institutions—such as Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives, Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Petersen Automotive Museum, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' Art in the Streets exhibit—concluding with a best-selling books of his work: LA Woman, L.A. Portraits, And This Is Los Angeles capturing the dangerous gangsters, Lowriders, Musicians, Celebrities.

Hear how to reinvent your future in the midst of crisis At the height (or depth) of the COVID-19 crisis, we thought it might be valuable to have an anthropologist share with you his perspective on how we might imagine the changes that are going to follow this major economic disruption, especially since we too are anthropologists. We had Adam Gamwell on our podcast back in September 2017 which you can listen to here, and it was natural to want him back now. As you listen, you'll hear how anthropologists are very good at stepping back and observing the changes and adaptations people are making to the crisis. You will enjoy this podcast, as insightful as it is timely. Listen and learn! Creating stories to explain the pandemic to ourselves While some pundits are already claiming to know what we will do as we come out of this crisis, Adam and I both know from our own experience as futurists and as anthropologists that predicting the future is maybe an art, but rarely a science, much less correct. It is just another clever story that we humans create when we want certainty in a period of uncertainty. These are times when we are re-writing our own personal story so we can make sense out of the disruptions. The fictions are typically ones where we are the heroes, the others are the barbarians, and we win. I hope we, all of us, are winners.  But rather than imagining the unknown and unfamiliar, we can watch and listen to how people attempt to redesign their lives. That is the best “certainty” of all the imagined ones. And that is how people create their realities when the ones they had before are no longer the reality of the present. As I do interviews for our podcast, I love the stories people are sharing with us about how they are capturing the new, and leveraging their talent, their skills and their imaginations to re-invent their own present and future. Join in our conversation and learn from our journey.  More about Adam Gamwell  Dr. Adam Gamwell is a Design Anthropologist, helping people build products, services and systems that solve the challenges they face. Recognizing how complex it is to align human needs, business goals and cultural technologies, Adam uses his skills in anthropology, human centered design and user experience to help clients uncover human and cultural insights, generate tactical empathy, and implement impact-oriented solutions.  Adam is also a co-founder of Missing Link Studios, a research and design collaborative which uses design thinking and the social sciences to create strategy and meaningful experiences for businesses and organizations. In addition, he teaches design-centered courses in the greater Boston area on topics such as digital cultures and media design.  You can contact Adam on LinkedIn, Twitter and his website. A sample of Adam's current projects:  This Anthro Life Podcast: a conversational interview show exploring humanity's creative potential through culture, design and technology Scene + Heard: a designer biography show for the Lesley University College of Art and Design   CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move in partnership with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and the American Anthropological Association Faxina: a Portuguese language narrative podcast exploring the lives of Brazilian migrant house cleaners living and working in the United States  To learn more about how anthropology can help you "see" with fresh eyes: Blog: Is Your Crisis Coming? Anthropology Can Help You Change To Avoid It. Blog: Hate Change? Anthropology Can Make You and Your People Love It! Podcast: Adam Gamwell and Ryan Collins—This Anthro Life Podcast: Amy Santee—How Anthropology Is Revolutionizing Design Strategy Additional resources Adam's website My award-winning book: "On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights" Simon Associates Management Consultants website  

What does religion look like at the Smithsonian? How do we hold on to authenticity and reverence in a museum context? Jack speaks with Dr. Olivia Cadaval, the recently retired curator and chair of Cultural Research and Education at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; and Rev. Teddy R. Reeves, the specialist of religion at the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture. We discuss tensions and triumphs presenting Latino religious rituals at the annual folk festival, NMAAHC's outstanding gOD-Talk series, and building a legacy for a new generation of researchers and curators. More info: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage https://folklife.si.edu/ Folklife Festival https://festival.si.edu/ #gOD-Talk Series https://nmaahc.si.edu/god-talk-black-millennials-and-faith-conversation Teddy Reeves https://www.teddyrreeves.com/ +++ Leave a Review! bit.ly/interfaithish Social: www.instagram.com/interfaithish/ www.facebook.com/interfaithish/ twitter.com/interfaithish Email: interfaithish@gmail.com Voicemail: 202-599-2953

Mary Linn - Vital Voices: Endangered Languages in a Changing World The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Art Of Living Series Happy Holidays everyone. Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang and this is episode #418. As part of our Smithsonian Associates Art of Living Interview Series, our guest today is Mary Linn, Curator of Cultural and Linguistic Revitalization for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH). As a matter of fact, we're listening to some Smithsonian Folkways Recordings of a Harvest Song, and the CFCH Music from South New Guinea series. Mary Linn discusses with us how indigenous languages are linked to health, education, and employment, as well as the vital connection they provide to the continuity of knowledge and cultural practices. Mary Linn also tells us how speakers of endangered and minoritized languages are engaged in innovative efforts to reclaim them, thus revitalizing, and drawing on examples from several resilient communities, including unwritten languages. One of the examples of an unwritten language that we'll discuss is the language of Chuukese. Mary Linn will hear some Chuukese spoken to her by my son, Avery Vogelzang, which we'll also do during our interview, and now, just to give you a sense of this language. I will tell you, too, that Chuukese isn't a language that Mary Linn is focused on, however, it is one of the languages that could easily be in need of linguistic revitalization, as it is spoken by a very small population in the Federated State of Micronesia. That, of course, is my son, Avery Vogelzang, speaking a brief bit of Chuukese, but we'll now be joined by Mary Linn, Curator of Cultural and Linguistic Revitalization for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Please check out the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage: https://folklife.si.edu

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Cultural heritage collections can reflect societal biases and sometimes leave out important stories. As studies show visitors invest significant trust in the information cultural organizations provide, it is critical we examine what we share online especially as researchers bring more sophisticated tools to bare. This panel will examine two projects as they work to create a diverse American history online; The Smithsonian American Women’s Initiative and The LGBTQ Digital History Project. In 2017, the ONE Archives Foundation and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) launched a partnership to develop an open source digital platform connecting LGBTQ archives and community collections from across the nation, with the ultimate goal of developing a collaborative digital framework for documenting and sharing LGBTQ history. The Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative (AWHI), launched in 2017, has a key goal of telling a more complete American women’s history to include more stories of women from multiple cultural and gender-identification backgrounds. With the call from U.S. Congress to survey its 155 million collections for women’s history stories, what are the steps it will take to improve representation when only 150,000 of the over 40 million digital records are explicitly tagged with women-related topics? Session Type60-Minute Session (Professional Forum or Hands-on Demonstration) TrackContent Chatham House RuleNo Key Outcomes Participants will gain an awareness around what their digital collections represent, how they contribute to representation online, as well as some of the tools and processes they can leverage to represent a more diverse history. Speakers Session Leader : Effie Kapsalis, Senior Digital Program Officer, Smithsonian Institution Co-Presenter : Sherri Berger, Head of Digital Programs, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian National Museum of American History Co-Presenter : Darren Milligan, Senior Digital Strategist, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access Co-Presenter : Robert Horton, Assistant Director, Collections and Archives, National Museum of American History

In this up close interview, Zo Anthony Shay interviews sound artist and flutist Nicolo Scolieri, who works with historical recordings and creates ambient tracks for art installations and soundtracks. All music in this episode is the work of Nicolo.  After having studied Ethnomusicology at UCLA's School of Arts and Architecture, he went on to work for NPR and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage as an analog audio conservator and digtial audio storyteller, while continuing freelance radio production, tape syncs for the BBC, WNYC, and others, and writing and scoring fiction stories and ASMR. Using modular audio hardware and digital sound programming, he is currently building works of sound art and design, bridging gaps between lived experience and the physical sound world. Find out more about Nicolo here: https://nicoloscolierisound.neocities.org/ Listen to Nicolo's music here: https://soundcloud.com/nscolieri

Dr. Ichile in her article titled, Black Magic Woman: Towards a Theory of Africana Women's Resistance suggest that when properly contextualized, the role of enslaved African women in history was multiple, but two primary roles are prevalent, they were both spiritual and political leaders. Contextualized as such, Dr. Ichile then show that three major aspects of women's resistance emerge: (1) African women acted as queens and queen mothers, activated at key moments to galvanize enslaved people seeking not only freedom, but sovereignty; (2) In maroon communities, women's maintenance of African cultural traditions, agricultural production and motherhood made long-term settlements possible; (3) As priestesses and "conjurers," women attacked slaveholders with their spiritual gifts and knowledge, in ways that were sometimes more effective than direct, military confrontation, and were often coordinated to work in tandem with armed conflict. According to Dr. M Bahati Kuumba in, African Women, Resistance Cultures and Cultural Resistances, “for African and African diasporan women, culture is a societal dimension that has complex and contradictory implications with respect to their interests, freedom and rights. On the one hand, established/'traditional' African and African diasporan cultures are replete with practices and perceptions that hegemonize patriarchal interests and women's oppression (McFadden, 1997). And “to make matters worse, nationalist discourse and praxis in many African descendent communities position women as the custodians of and conduits for its customary practices, often serving as their own worst enemies.” Nevertheless, the lives of Africana women “have a long and varied 'herstory' of challenging social injustice by deploying, opposing and transforming cultural systems (Collins, 1990, 2000; Steady, 1987, 1993;Terborg-Penn, 1986).” Another important scholar, Dr. Valethia Watkins in Contested Memories: A Critical Analysis of the Black Feminist Revisionist History Project, suggest that “properly framing and naming the intellectual and political tradition of Black women has become contested terrain and reflects the political and ideological diversity and differences among Black women. Black women are often treated as if they are a homogenous group when, in reality, they are diverse in their political consciousness, perspectives, ideas and commitments as any other group. Black women do not speak with a single voice; hence, efforts to articulate “the” Black women's standpoint or perspective are misleading and hegemonic by definition. These views, taken together, provide a contested and expands the narrow view of gender, broadly, Women-Africana women, specifically. Dr. Iyelli Ichile earned her PhD in African Diaspora History from Howard University and a Master's in African American Studies from Columbia University. She has worked with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and developed a research agenda that has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and several university grants. Dr. Ichile has held positions at Temple University, Prince Georges Community College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Florida A&M University, and Goddard College. She is currently a Smithsonian Faculty Fellow at Montgomery College-Rockville. Her work has appeared in Journal of African American History; Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society; Journal of Pan African Studies to name a few. Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; and Ghana and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples!

Podcast Interview with Michael Mason of Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage by Best Cultural Destinations

Welcome to CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move, an audio collaboration from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Anthropological Association, and This Anthro Life Podcast. In this episode, Adam Gamwell, Leslie Walker, and Ryan Collins dive into the topic of curation. What does it mean to put on a festival or put on a museum exhibit? How can we understand culture on display and introduce outsiders to other social realms? Sharing their narratives and experiences with different forms of curation are Diana Baird N’Diaye, Cultural Specialist and Curator at the Smithsonian Center for Culture and Folklife, Arman Atoyan, CEO and Founder of the (AR) and virtual reality (VR) app and game development company Arloopa, and Pablo Girona, a researcher from Tucuman, Argentina who studies cultural heritage in Catalonia and Quebec. To learn more about Diana Baird N’Diaye’s work visit: https://folklife.si.edu/authors/diana-n-diaye. And, to learn more about Arman Atoyan and Arloopa, visit: http://arloopa.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisanthrolife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisanthrolife/support

Welcome to CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move , an audio collaboration from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Anthropological Association and This Anthro Life Podcast In the US, fashion has been relegated to large impersonal retail spaces and increasingly online stores. Fashion in the US, as many know all too well, is transactional. The sense of community one has through clothing is often expressed through style though it is exceedingly rare for truly deep relationships to develop between the designer and the purchaser, even if an article of clothing is commissioned. But, community and fashion can be much more integrated. With this episode, we invite you into the conversations we had with participants in the Crafts of African Fashion program at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 2018. We speak with Soumana Saley a Nigerian leather worker and designer, Cynthia Sands and her mentee Tomara Watkins, also known as Tam, two fashion designers who work between the United States and the African continent, and the program’s curator Diana Baird N’Diaye. This episode was broken into three underlying themes of African fashion, and craft production focused on: the local marketplace, transnational and international fashion trends, and the relationships between consumers and producers within a community. The Crafts of African Fashion is an initiative promoting the continuity of heritage arts in Africa, exploring the vital role of cultural enterprises in sustaining communities and connecting generations on the continent and throughout the diaspora. The activities for this portion of the Festival took place in the Folklife Festival Marketplace. About our Speakers: Diana N’Diaye is a Cultural Specialist and Curator at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. She holds a PhD in anthropology and visual studies from The Union Institute. Soumana Saley is a leather craft artisan from the West African country of Niger. He currently lives in Millersburg, Pennsylvania running his own business. You can learn more about Soumana and see his products on his online store accessible at https://www.facebook.com/pg/soumanasaleyonline/ and you can learn more about Soumana’s school at https://www.ngodima.org/. Cynthia Sands is an African American textile artist and businesswoman in Washington, DC. Sands’ art career includes experimenting and blending contemporary and original African artistic methods, materials, and dying techniques. She also works closely with African artisans to sustain the use of indigenous art and craft making tradition for social development, income generation, skills-transfer, and art education. You can learn more about Cynthia and her work at the website: www.entuma.com. Tomara (Tam) Watkins, is a mentee of Cynthia Sands and is the founder of Loza Tam, a hair accessory line created in collaboration Ghanaian women artisans and entrepreneurs. Visit Tam’s online store at www.Lozatam.com. Adam Gamwell is the co-host and executive producer of the This Anthro Life (TAL). He is the founder and director of Missing Link Studios www.missinglink.studio a new media collective dedicated to producing creative media for social impact. Adam holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Brandeis University. Ryan Collins is the co-host and editor of This Anthro Life (TAL). Ryan holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Brandeis University. Leslie Walker is the project manager of the Public Education Initiative at the AAA. He served as a special guest host, collecting stories during the Folklife Festival the forthcoming podcast series with This Anthro Life. Contact Us Contact Adam and Ryan at thisanthrolife -at - gmail.com or individually at adam -at- thisanthrolife.com or ryan -at- thisanthrolife.com Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram @thisanthrolife. All of our content can be found on thisanthrolife.com. Be sure to leave us a review, let us know if you like the show. We love to hear from you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisanthrolife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisanthrolife/support

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April 14, 2016. What are teachers and students looking for from digital collections and platforms? In this session, education project leaders from major institutions, through the lens of their individual projects, led a discussion on the big questions of digital GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) education outreach. Speaker Biography: Franky Abbott works as the curation and education strategist for the Digital Public Library of America. In this capacity, she leads DPLA education initiatives with teachers, and students in K-12 and higher education, organizes the Community Reps program, runs the Gates-funded Public Library Partnerships Project, and collaborates on digital exhibition curation. Speaker Biography: Brian Ausland works as a primary consultant to the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access in conducting both the research and development of the new Smithsonian Learning Lab. He also works as a specialist with the US Dept. of Ed. Tech and led the development of the California CTE/STEM Online Community of Practice and California's My Digital Chalkboard K-12 platform. Speaker Biography: Stephanie Greenhut is with the National Archives and Records Administration. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7415

We celebrate the Latin Pulse five-year anniversary fiesta, with out-takes and excerpts from the past year, a tradition for the program.  The audience's favorite themes are on display.  Those themes include: the clash between the National Assembly and the president in Venezuela; the shift to the right in Argentina; the impeachment trial and corruption scandals in Brazil; and the Feast of San Lazaro and Santeria. The news segment of the program covers the defense by Brazil's President Michel Temer before the United Nations' General Assembly, justifying the impeachment and removal of Dilma Rousseff, an act that brought Temer to power.The program includes interviews with:Eric Hershberg of American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS);David Smilde of Tulane University;Matthew Taylor of American University;Chris Sabatini of Columbia University; and Michael Atwood Mason of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; andAssociate Producer: Jim Singer. (To download or stream this podcast, click here.)   (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcastnewsLatin AmericapoliticsBrazilimpeachmentcorruptionSanteriaPetrobrasVenezuelaDilma RousseffUnited NationsArgentinaCubaUNMichel TemerNicolas MaduroNational AssemblyEduardo CunhajusticeelectionseconomicsAfro-CubansOdebrechtwelfare programsLuiz Inacio Lula da SilvaFernando Henrique CardosoMauricio MacriUnited StatesfinancesSan LazaroreligionAfrica

Estevan Oriol is an internationally celebrated professional photographer, director and urban lifestyle entrepreneur. Beginning his career as a hip-hop club bouncer turned tour manager for popular Los Angeles-based rap groups Cypress Hill and House of Pain, Estevan’s passion for photography developed while traveling the world. With an influential nudge and old camera from his father, renowned photographer Eriberto Oriol, Estevan began documenting life on the road and established a name for himself amid the emerging hip-hop scene. Nearly 20 years later, Oriol’s extensive portfolio juxtaposes the glamorous and gritty planes of LA culture, featuring portraits of famous athletes, artists, celebrities and musicians as well as Latino, urban, gang, and tattoo counterculture lifestyles. He has photographed Al Pacino, Robert Dinero, Dennis Hopper, Marissa Miller, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Floyd Mayweather, and Lance Armstrong amongst others. He has also produced shoots for internationally-acclaimed photographers such as Ellen von Unwerth for Sang Bleu and Luca Babini for GQ Italy. In addition to shooting campaigns for companies including Cadillac, Nike and Rockford Fosgate and directing new media projects for My Cadillac Stories, MetroPCS, MTV and Apple, Estevan has designed album covers and/or directed music videos for artists including Eminem, Cypress Hill, Blink 182, Snoop Dogg and Xzibit. His work has been showcased in select galleries and institutions—such as Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives, Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Petersen Automotive Museum, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles’ Art in the Streets exhibit—concluding with a best-selling book of his work: LA Woman, capturing the dangerous and alluring beauty of women shot in his uniquely provocative and raw style. His photography has been featured in Complex, FHM, Juxtapoz, GQ, Vibe, Rolling Stone and other publications, with appearances on popular television shows such as, HBO’s Entourage and Last Call With Carson Daly. Resources: Estevan Oriol http://www.estevanoriol.com/EstevanOriol.com.html Eriberto Oriol   Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Click here to download for Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort.  You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button.  

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "Discover, Create, and Share with Smithsonian Digital Resources" with guest presenters, Ashley Naranjo and Darren Milligan. June 11, 2016. We are really looking forward to learning about an amazing new, FREE, digital platform for teachers and students with thousands of Smithsonian resources being made available to all of us! This is a perfect time to hear all about it, begin exploring the possibilities for our classrooms and start preparing to use it with our students! We are thrilled to have Ashley Naranjo and Darren Milligan joining us to share about the Smithsonian Learning Lab! Museums and other cultural organizations are an underused digital destination for K–12 teachers looking for authentic, engaging, and practical resources for their classrooms. Today’s museums are making millions of images and recordings freely available, going far beyond yesterday’s traditional field trip. Come learn about these possibilities, including a sneak peek of a new digital platform from the world’s largest museum, education, and research center, the Smithsonian Learning Lab (http://learninglab.si.edu) which will launch officially at the ISTE conference later this month. Attendees will explore how digitized museum collections can be used in new ways to excite learning, grow argumentative reasoning, develop collaborative thinking, and more. Darren Milligan leads strategy for digital outreach at the Center for Learning and Digital Access at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. There he researches and develops services for making online museum resources accessible and useful to educators and learners, including producing experiences such as online games and interactives, managing pan-Institutional communication and marketing for teachers, and directing web platforms, including the online portal for educational resources at the Institution, SmithsonianEducation.org, and the new Smithsonian Learning Lab. Darren was formerly producer and art director of the teacher magazine, Smithsonian in Your Classroom, distributed to every primary and secondary school in the United States. Prior to the Smithsonian, he developed citizen-science programs and online mentoring communities at the Purple Martin Conservation Association. Darren holds a master’s degree in Digital Heritage from the University of Leicester and bachelor of science degrees in Ethology and Latin American Popular Cultures from Allegheny College. As the Learning Initiatives Specialist with the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, Ashley Naranjo develops and implements online interactive learning experiences for both educators and students. Before coming to the Smithsonian, she has worked in education in both formal and informal learning spaces: as an ESOL instructor, middle school substitute teacher and a summer programs assistant director for Congressional Schools of Virginia. She holds a B.A. in Human Development (Developmental Psychology) from the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, where she was a research assistant and independent study student in the Laboratory of Thinking, Learning & Cognition in the Arts. She is currently pursuing a M.Ed. in Learning Design and Technology from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

Sep. 22, 2015. Olivia Cadaval reflected on her work as the curator of many of the Latin American-themed Smithsonian Folklife Festival presentations. Speaker Biography: Olivia Cadaval is with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7085

Latin Pulse registers its 200th episode this week, so the program looks back at the audience's favorite programs since the program became an online radio project.  Themes included in the program include migration, the Drug War, the civil war in Colombia, indigenous issues, and the construction of the Belo Monte Dam in Brazil. The program also includes a discussion of religion, including Santeria and about the folk saint Santa Muerte.  The news segment of the program analyzes the surprise diplomatic move this week by President Mauricio Macri in Argentina to reach out to the United Kingdom.The program includes interviews with:Maureen Meyer of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA);Gimena Sanchez of WOLA;Eve Bratman of American University;Michael Atwood Mason, Director of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage; andAndrew Chesnut of Virginia Commonwealth University.Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Technical Director: Jim Singer; andAssociate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.(To download or stream this podcast, click here.)   (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcastnewsLatin AmericaBrazilpoliticsMexicoArgentinaCubadiplomacyimmigrationUnited StatesDrug WarFalkland IslandsviolenceU.S. Border PatrolAfro-Latin American issuesBelo Monte DamLos MalvinasUnited KingdomDavid CameronMauricio Macridrug cartelsindigenous issuesmilitaryColombiaFARCreligioncocaineaerial fumigationThe AmazonmediamediaSanteriaSanta Muertehealth issuesindigenous religionnarco-religion

Religion and politics, the so-called taboo subjects provide the central themes for Latin Pulse this week.  The program provides a preview of Cuba's favorite religious celebration, the feast day of San Lazaro.  The program explores the mix of faiths that honor that day on Dec. 17, including the practitioners of Santeria and those with Christian beliefs.  The program also goes in-depth on reaction to the surprising landslide win of opposition groups in Venezuela in that country's Congressional elections. The program includes excerpts from an international press conference that analyzes the political scene in Venezuela.The program includes in-depth interviews with:Michael Atwood Mason,* the Director of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; andDavid Smilde† of Tulane University and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Technical Director: Jim Singer; andAssociate Producer: Natalie Ottinger.(To download or stream this podcast, click here.)  *Michael Atwood Mason is also the author, editor, and curator of a cultural blog called Baba Who? Babalu!†David Smilde is also the curator, editor and author of the WOLA blog, Venezuela Politics & Human Rights.   (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcastnewsLatin AmericaelectionspoliticsCubaVenezuelareligionSanteriaCatholicismAfro-Cuban issuesminority issuesNicolas MadurodemocracyNigeriaeconomicsinflationpovertyhealthcapitalismsocialismagricultureBabalu-AyediplomacyChavismomilitaryFeast of San LazaroVladimir Padrino LopezUnited StatesLeopoldo LopezJohn Kerry

The obvious crack along the top of this photo of Lincoln from February 1865 occurred just after the photographer captured the image. David C. Ward, historian at the National Portrait Gallery, explains how this picture has become a work of myth, suggesting that at the very moment of success, an accident can occur. This video series, "Explore with Smithsonian Experts," connects students and teachers with the skill and technique of Smithsonian experts who describe their work at our nation's museums. In each short film, experts introduce new ways to observe, record, research, and share, while using real artifacts and work experiences. Supports Common Core ELA standards. Produced by the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access and Pearson Foundation.

When a man called the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and claimed that his great-great grandfather had written a secret message in Lincoln's watch, curator Harry Rubenstein was intrigued. Listen as Harry explains the steps he took to verify this family folklore. This video series, "Explore with Smithsonian Experts," connects students and teachers with the skill and technique of Smithsonian experts who describe their work at our nation's museums. In each short film, experts introduce new ways to observe, record, research, and share, while using real artifacts and work experiences. Supports Common Core ELA standards. Produced by the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access and Pearson Foundation.

Harry Rubenstein, curator of Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, shows us one of his favorite pieces in the museum's collection, Lincoln's wood splitting iron wedge. Harry leads us through the process of verifying that this object truly belonged to Lincoln. This video series, "Explore with Smithsonian Experts," connects students and teachers with the skill and technique of Smithsonian experts who describe their work at our nation's museums. In each short film, experts introduce new ways to observe, record, research, and share, while using real artifacts and work experiences. Supports Common Core ELA standards. Produced by the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access and Pearson Foundation.

Guest DJ: Alex Hernández Gutiérrez (Aparato; Fellow, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage) |Playlist:...The Brat - High School |Mono Blanco - La Bamba |Jose Gutiérrez y los Hermanos Ochoa - La Bamba |Ritchie Valens - La Bamba |The Plugz - La Bamba |The Zeros - Handgrenade Heart |The Bags - Babylonian Gorgon |The Brat - Attitudes |Los Illegals - El Lay |Union 13 - Who Are You |Union 13 - Raices Radicales |Terrorizer - Fear of Napalm |Resistant Culture - Corruption |Los Crudos - Crudo Soy |Ricanstruction - Pedro's Grave |Ricanstruction - Dream in Porto Rican |Revolución X - I'm Making My Future With The Border Patrol |Piñata Protest - Vato Perrón |Mystery Hangup - Vista de un Ladron |Aparato - Kriminal |Aparato - Estrellitas |

Jeff Place talks about the rich musical archive of Woody Guthrie. He spoke at the conference “This Great and Crowded City: Woody Guthrie’s Los Angeles,” held at the University of Southern California on April 14, 2012, in celebration of the centennial of Woody Guthrie’s birth. Place is archivist at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.