Alan Lomax Symposium at Library of Congress

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The Lomax Legacy:
Folklore in a Globalizing Century

January 18th -- 20th, 2006
Library of Congress, Washington, DC

A Symposium Presentation of The American Folklife Center and The Association for
Cultural Equity, New York

The American Folklife Center, in cooperation with the Association for Cultural
Equity, will present a symposium, ?The Lomax Legacy: Folklore in a Globalizing
Century,? from January 18 to 20, 2006, at the Library of Congress. For two
days, a diverse group of scholars, cultural workers, and media producers will
gather to reflect on the life work of the preeminent song collector, musical
anthropologist, and cultural activist Alan Lomax (1915-2002). The symposium
will consist of panel presentations, film screenings, and an evening concert.
Participants will discuss their own research, publications, productions and
advocacy work in light of Lomax?s pioneering initiatives in these same areas.
The gathering highlights the AFC?s 2004 acquisition of the Alan Lomax
Collection, his legacy of recordings, research and writing?-a multimedia
archive of musical performances from around the world.

The two-day event will be open to the public, free of charge, but seating is
limited and reservations are required. Reservations for no more than two seats
per registrant will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.  For
general information, registration, program details and locations of events,
please visit

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/lomaxlegacy.html

You may also reserve by calling (202) 707-1743 or e-mailing Thea Austen at
taus@xxxxxxxx

Visit http://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax for additional details on the
collection.

Alan Lomax began his career at the Library of Congress? Archive of American Folk
Song (the predecessor to the American Folklife Center) in 1933. Between 1933 and
1942, Alan Lomax and his father, folklorist John A. Lomax, established the
Library of Congress? Archive of American Folksong as a major repository of
traditional music. Many of the early recordings held by the Center are the
products of their celebrated field trips to document folk music and oral
history across much of the United States and the Caribbean.

After he left the Library of Congress in 1942, Alan Lomax continued his work to
document, analyze and present the traditional music, dance and narratives of
cultural communities around the world.  He expanded the scope of his work to
include ethnomusicological and anthropological research and teaching, book
publishing for scholarly and popular audiences, and commercial record, radio
and film production.  He was the recipient of numerous honors and awards,
including the 1980 National Book Critics Circle award for ?The Land Where the
Blues Began,? the National Medal of the Arts in 1986, a ?Living Legend? award
from the Library of Congress in 2000 and a Grammy in 2002 for his lifelong
contributions to music.

Media contacts: Trish Taylor Shuman (202) 707-1940; Joanne Rasi (202) 707-1744
Public contact: (202) 707-5510
Web site: http://www.loc.gov/folklife 

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