Event Host: Center for Folklore Studies and The Appalachian Project
Short Description: In the title essay for his book, Imaginary Homelands, Salman Rushdie writes, “Our identity is at once plural and partial. Sometimes we feel that we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.”
In the title essay for his book, Imaginary Homelands, Salman Rushdie writes, “Our identity is at once plural and partial. Sometimes we feel that we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.” Rushdie's exploration of his experience of being an Indian writer in England is useful for thinking through how we navigate our own identities in relation to place. How can we productively grapple with "plural and partial" identities, exploring the tensions and triumphs that come from having a foot in two places?
The Center for Folklore Studies and The Appalachian Project, Ohio invite you to engage the question of navigating belonging between two or more places through this multi-format event, which is open to students, staff and faculty across disciplines.
The event kicks off on the evening of Friday, Oct. 28 with a reception and performance of Brian Harnetty's Shawnee, Ohio (registrants for the Saturday workshop will receive free tickets to the performance), and will continue with day-long discussion and art-making breakout sessions on Saturday, Oct. 29. Participants will contemplate and give voice to their own multiple identities and those of others through guided story circles, creative expression workshops, and group dialogue. Please find below the itinerary for the events.
Please RSVP by Oct. 20 to Sarah Craycraft. In order to allow space to dig deep into our discussion, this event will be capped at 30 participants.
Fore more information visit the Center for Folklore Studies.
