Archival Research and Media Production with Arhoolie Foundation
Bryan Wagner, Professor
English
Applications for Spring 2025 are closed for this project.
Berkeley's Folklore Program is working with Arhoolie Foundation on several projects involving their extraordinary archive of recordings, photographs, films, and manuscripts related to vernacular music and the vernacular arts broadly conceived. Arhoolie Foundation nonprofit organization rooted in the life's work of its founder Chris Strachwitz and his acclaimed independent label Arhoolie Records. Its mission is to document and celebrate blues, Cajun, zydeco, gospel, jazz, Tejano/Norteño, old-time, and other tradition-based styles of music through archival preservation, exhibits, community and educational outreach, live performance, and direct support to artists.
Role: Students will assist in selecting, transcribing, and processing materials for inclusion in exhibits, web archives, documentary video, and music compilations.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Clark Noone
Hours: to be negotiated
Off-Campus Research Site: Some work will take place in person at Arhoolie Foundation (10341 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito, CA 94530), and other work can be done remotely.
Related website: https://arhoolie.org/
Social Sciences Engineering, Design & Technologies