Sustainable Heritage: Traditional Craft in Action

Particularly concerned about the loss of traditional know-how, Heritage NL is working to document crafts at risk and to develop ways to encourage the sharing of heritage skills.

Dale Jarvis, Folklorist and Heritage NL Executive Director, will present on why folklore and living heritage is at the heart of local life, on identifying skills at risk, advocating for craft, and planning for the future.

Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling (709)757-8090.

About the Speaker:

Folklorist and author Dale Jarvis is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Folklore, Memorial University, and the Executive Director of Heritage NL, helping communities to safeguard living heritage and historic places. Dale has been working for Heritage NL since 1996 and holds a BSc in Anthropology/Archaeology from Trent University, and a MA in Folklore from Memorial University. He has served on the UNESCO Consultative Body to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and regularly teaches workshops on oral history, cultural documentation, and public folklore.

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