Community Scholar Field School Photographs

The New York Folklore Society
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Empire State College
2006 SUMMER FIELD SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY SCHOLARS

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DOCUMENTING YOUR COMMUNITY’S CULTURE AND TRADITIONS

MORE PHOTOS from the Empire State College’s and New York Folklore Society’s six-week summer field school/course on community fieldwork, June 19-July 28, 2006. Return to main page.

Tom Porter with grandchildren. Photo by Valerie Walawender	Storytelling on Saturday night – student Ian Gendreau (left) and course instructor Alice Lai (right). Photo by Valerie Walawender.
Emily Botein, audio specialist, speaking to the participants at the NYFS Community Scholar Field School residency. Photo by Ellen McHale.
Student Jude Valentine and Alice Lai, instructor, chat with videography workshop leader Barry Dornfeld. Photo by Valerie Walawender.	Andy Kolovos leads archiving workshop, with José Gomez-Davidson on the left. Photo by Valerie Walawender.
Audio specialist, Emily Botein, making a point at an introductory session on recording technologies. NYFS Community Scholar Field School residency. Photo by Ellen McHale.
Emily Botein conducts an audio recording workshop for the Community Scholar Field School residency. Residency leader, Eileen Condon, is seated in the center. To the left is participant José Gomez-Davidson.. Photo by Ellen McHale.

Barry Dornfeld sets up a mock video recording session. Sarah Davies serves as audio technician. Photo by Ellen McHale.

Valerie Walawender tries her hand at audio recording during a video recording session. Photo by Ellen McHale.

See more of Valerie Walawender’s photos from the Saratoga County Fair.

The 2006 Summer Field School for Community Scholars was made possible through support of the New York State Council on the Arts, Folk Arts Program, and the National Endowment for the Arts.