Lecture: "Negotiating Identity, Performing Folklore"

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 07 Oct 2009 at 1:00 pm
Location:	Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Cost:	Free
Contact:
Phone:	515-294-9934
Channel:	Lecture Series
Categories:	Lectures
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Riki Saltzman has been the folklife coordinator for the Iowa Arts Council, Department of Cultural Affairs, since 1995. She works with a variety of communities and individuals to provide assistance with multicultural and diversity issues, project development, event planning and the presentation of traditional arts and artists.

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In collaboration with Iowa Public Radio, Saltzman produces "Iowa Roots," a radio series and website that explore the state's cultures and traditions. She has also researched and developed a website on place-based food in Iowa with funding from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Her most recent work is Iowa Folklife 2, an online multicultural folklife curriculum and a companion to Iowa Folklife: Our People, Communities, and Traditions.

Part of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Series: Imagining Iowa in the Global Community.