Interview with Guha Shankar
Aug 26, 2019
Interviewer: Ben Dorman, co-editor Asian Ethnology
Recorded 22 March 2018, Washington D.C.
This episode's guest is Guha Shankar, Folklife Specialist at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Asian Ethnology Editorial Board.
Episode Summary
Intro :32
Association with Frank Korom, co-editor of Asian Ethnology 3:50
The story behind the film Hosay Trinidad 6:20
Graduate studies in anthropology 11:06
Work at the American Folklife Center; how the Center has evolved 16:15
Resources at the Center 28:00
Publications and films discussed in this episode
Film
Bishop, John and Korom, Frank J. Hosay Trinidad. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources, 1999.
Music used with kind permission of the performer, shamisen master Koji Yamaguchi.
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