Interview with Frank Proschan
Mar 24, 2018
Interviewer: Frank Korom, co-editor Asian Ethnology
Recorded 24 March 2018, Washington DC
Intro :59
Early interest in anthropology, folklore, and folklife; work at the Smithsonian Institution 2:23
Study at The University of Texas 3:42
Learning and speaking languages; return to the Smithsonian 11:18
Travel to Southeast Asia; programs at the Smithsonian; work on the Kammu 15:19
Move to Indiana University’s Research Center for Semiotics and Language Studies; Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and “Save Our Sounds” Project (Smithsonian) 21:10
Work at the office responsible for implementing UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 26:45
Negative “baggage” related to terms like folklore,” the introduction of “intangible cultural heritage,”and examples from different countries 34:55
Preserving intangible cultural heritage: Issues related to implementation 39:40
Outro 50:21
Music used with kind permission of the performer, shamisen master Koji Yamaguchi.
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