Liesl Chatman had been thinking about this for over a year. Dinner with friends and family. A shared meal with a shared purpose: to bring together people from all walks of life to reflect upon …
Year: 2023
Somali Studies International Association at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
This summer, Nordic Folklife Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Sallie Anna Pisera united her interests in Scandinavian and East African area studies at the 14th Congress of the Somali Studies International Association, hosted at the University of …
Education and Sustainability in the Upper Midwest and Beyond: (Im)migration and Indigeneity Symposium Recap
In early October, we welcomed artists, culture workers, musicians, and scholars from around the Upper Midwest as well as three scholars, Elisabeth Utsi Gaup, Máret Hætta, and Anne Lindblom, from Sámi allaskuvla [Sámi University of …
Bowery Dance at Allen Centennial Garden
We kept checking the weather. Our weather apps. The radio. The sky itself. Everyone promised rain. Some promised a drizzle. Some promised a downpour. We couldn’t afford much more than a drizzle. We had taken …
FinnFest 2023 in Duluth
We’re back from a whirlwind of a trip to Duluth, Minnesota, to celebrate the first in-person FinnFest since 2019. And it was a doozy. Nearly 3,000 people came to the shores of Lake Superior to …