

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: WGS on Wednesday: Rebecca Proffitt
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Rebecca Proffitt M.A. presents “Ritual Remembrance: Folklore and Visionary Ideals” February 4th, from 1:00pm-2:00pm, in the East TN Room (Culp room 272), ETSU.  
Cultural institutions house and categorize material culture, preserving the visionary ideals of the collecting institution through the choices and intentions evident in collecting practices. Studying the collection through the lens of diverse representation reveals areas of erasure for marginalized voices within the historical narrative. A folkloristic practice that centers intersectional Appalachian identities is able to locate shared cultural markers and historical practices that resonate as true expressions of ancestral identity. At the Reece Museum, material culture collection and study include ancestral knowledge in a practice of ritual remembrance, which is explored within this lecture as a conceptual approach to museum work 
 
Rebecca Proffitt is a public folklorist and an award-winning educator. She became an Arts Integration Specialist through the Kennedy Center’s Changing Education Through the Arts program in 2009 and earned an MA in Appalachian Studies in 2017. She is currently Director of the Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University.  
 
This free talk is sponsored by the ETSU Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program as part of the “WGS on Wednesdays” lecture series. During the Fall 2025 semester, lectures will be held in the East Tennessee Room of the Culp, 2nd floor, on the ETSU Campus. The series is designed to raise awareness about the research, scholarship, and community engagement conducted by those across the gender spectrum at ETSU; to provide a venue where the community can discuss and support each other’s work; and to give students an opportunity to meet faculty who could become mentors for their studies. 
 
For more information, contact Dr. Stacey Williams, Director of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at ETSU, williasl@etsu.edu.  For disability accommodations, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at 423-439-8346.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/johnson-city/wgs-on-wednesday-rebecca-proffitt/200029587835007
- **Event Categories**: art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Johnson City
- **state**: TN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Culp Center
- **lat**: 36.30177915303
- **long**: -82.367087138571
- **full address**: Culp Center, 412 J L Seehorn Jr Rd,Johnson City,TN,United States

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- **organizer**: ETSU Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - WGSS (https://allevents.in/org/etsu-womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies-wgss/23614262)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Culp Center, 412 J L Seehorn Jr Rd,Johnson City,TN,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** ETSU Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - WGSS
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art
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