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FOLKLIFE CENTERS The following is a listing of selected folklife centers in the United States. From these centers, and others readily discovered on the World Wide Web, one may obtain films and literature related to folklife and medicine.
Alabama The Alabama Folklife Program and The Alabama Folklife Association 410 N. Hull Street Montgomery, AL 36104 334-242-3601 334-269-9098 Fax http://www.arts.state.al.us/folklife/folklife.htm
Arizona Southern Arizona Folklife Center University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 520-621-2211 http://www.library.arizona.edu/images/folkarts/folkhome.html
California Center for Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90024 http://www.folkmed.ucla.edu
Kentucky Appalshop P.O. Box 743A Whitesburg, KY 41858 http://www.appalshop.org
Missouri Missouri Folk Arts Program 157 McReynolds Hall University of Missouri–Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 573-882-6296 573-882-0360 Fax http://museum.research.missouri.edu/mfap/
New England Folk Arts Center of New England 42 West Foster Street Melrose, MA 02176 http://facone.org/
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Heritage Assessment Tool
This set of questions is to be used to describe a person’s—or your own—ethnic, cultural, and religious background. In performing a heritage assessment it is help- ful to determine how deeply a person identifies with his or her traditional heritage. This tool is very useful in setting the stage for assessing and understanding a per- son’s traditional HEALTH and ILLNESS beliefs and practices and in helping determine the community resources that will be appropriate to target for support when neces- sary. The greater the number of positive responses, the greater the degree to which the person may identify with his or her traditional heritage. The one exception to positive answers is the question about whether a person’s name was changed. The background rationale for the development of this tool is found in Chapter 1.________________
Utah The Utah Arts Council 617 East South Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84102-1177 801-236-7555 Voice 800-346-4128 TDD 801-236-7556 Fax http://arts.utah.gov/
Washington, DC Within the federal government, resources for folklore and folklife endeavors in Washington, DC, are concentrated in 4 agencies:
1. The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov 2. The Smithsonian Institution: http://www.si.edu 3. National Endowment for the Arts: http://arts.endow.gov/ 4. National Endowment of the Humanities: http://www.neh.gov/
American Folklife Center The Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540 202-287-6590 Folkline 202-287-2000: a telephone information service, http://www.loc.gov Folklife Sourcebook: a resource guide to relevant organizations This center was created by Congress in 1976 to “preserve and present” American folklife. It is an educational and research program.
Archive of Folk Culture The Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540 202-287-5510 http://www.loc.gov/folklife/cg.html This is the public reference and archival arm of the American Folklife Center.
The American Folklore Society 1703 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009 Membership in this society, founded in 1888, is open to all persons interested in folklore. It serves as a forum for the preservation of folklore.
■ References Kennet, F. (1976). Folk medicine—Fact and fiction: Age-old cures, alternative med-
icine, natural remedies. New York: Crescent Books.