John Laudun has published regionally,
nationally, and internationally on a variety of topics having
to do with folklore and its uses both in present as well as in
understanding the
past. He has examined the role of history-telling and talk in
a Midwestern community, the uses of African American folklore
both in lived experience as well as in literary texts, the use
of space by urban Appalachians, what it means to use folklife
materials in elementary and secondary classrooms as well as the
uses, and abuses,
of Louisiana
foodways. His scholarly work has appeared in journals (including
African American
Review, Journal of American Folklore, and Louisiana Folklore Miscellany)
as well as anthologies. He has served as a consultant on a number
of public and private projects, was awarded a grants by both
private and public foundations (including the National Academy
of Recording Arts and Sciences and the Louisiana Board of Regents).
He has produced CDs and directed a television
series on folklife.
His book on creativity was chosen to be part of the Mellon Foundation's
Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World series and will be published
next year by the University Press of Mississippi. He has maintained
a weblog
--
http://johnlaudun.org/ -- since
2003, before it was cool, and continues to publish texts, images,
audio, and video there.
