SESSION 2
Friday, April 6, 2018
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Concurrent Sessions 2
2.1 - Panel (Grand A)
Stitching a Better Region: Textiles and their Facsimiles in Appalachia
Convener: Ellen Georgi
“Women’s Work: Appalachian Quilting,” Ellen Georgi (Shepherdstown University)
“Textiles: Eastern Tennessee’s Place in History,” Philis Alvic (Independent Weaver and Writer)
“Making Space, Making Time, Making History,” Melanie Pratt (Cross My Heart, Ltd), Susan Hamrick (Appalachian Feline Friends), and Wendy Welch (Little Bookstore of Big Stone)
“The Booming Business of Barn Quilts,” Julianne Donofrio (Independent Writer and Producer)
2.2 - Panel (Cabana A)
Literature, Poetry, and the Land: Diverse Perspectives
Convener: Elizabeth Glass
“Stone, Water, Land, Spine,” Elizabeth Glass (University of Louisville)
“Jim Wayne Miller’s Poetry and the Halieutic Image,” Micah McCrotty (East Tennessee State University)
2.3 - Performance (Colonnade A)
Restitching Our Thoughts About Appalachia and Ourselves: Readings from the Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Charles Frazier Volume IX.
Convener: Natalie Sypolt
“The Honor Guard,” Gretchen Moran Laskas (Independent Writer)
“The Skin that Fits,” Jessica Salfia (Independent Teacher and Writer)
“Selected Poems from the Anthology of Appalachian Writers,” Marc Harshman (Independent Writer)
Respondent: Sylvia B. Shurbutt (Shepherd University)
2.4 - Panel (Portico)
Toward a Multicultural Appalachian Music
Convener: Emily Hilliard
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills,” Emily Hilliard (West Virginia State Folklorist)
“Off the Beaten Syllabus: Multicultural Appalachian Musics and University Representation,” Holly Riley (Florida State University)
“Echoes and Reverberations: Listening for West Virginia’s Multicultural Musical History,” Travis Stimeling (West Virginia University)
2.5 - Panel (Statesman)
Creating Community Around the Arts in Appalachia
Convener: Nate Cesco
“East Kentucky Food and Dance Trail,” Brett Ratliff and Abigail Huggins (Hindman Settlement School); Lora Smith (Appalachian Food Summit)
“Enhancing Community Well-Being in Scioto County through Public Art,” Jason Tussey (Shawnee State University)
“Comedy and Music Scene Development in Appalachian Communities,” Nate Cesco (iHeartRadio Chicago) and Nathan Thomas (Marshall University)
2.6 - Roundtable (Council)
Researching, Returning, and Resituating: Navigating the Borders Between Home and the Academy
Convener: Sarah Craycraft
Sarah Craycraft, Sydney Varajon, Jordan Lovejoy, and Sophia Enriquez (The Ohio State University)
2.7 - Panel (Taft)
Rebels, Boxers, and Ball Players: Image and Reality
Convener: Josh Howard
“Mountaineers and Rebels: Identity, Secession, and Crisis in Civil War Virginia,” Joshua Goodall (James Madison University)
“‘20 Miles and 100 Years’: Illegalities and Appalachia as ‘Relic Culture’ on Bloody Twin Creek,” Janet Feight and Andrew L. Feight (Shawnee State University)
“Sports as Political Theater: Virginia & West Virginia, 1870-1929 Edition,” Josh Howard (Passel Historical Consultants)
“12 Rounds in Lo's Gym: Boxing and Manhood in Appalachia,” Todd Snyder (Siena College)
2.8 - Workshop (Colonnade B)
Yesterday’s Pioneer Medicine, Today’s Pioneering Approach
Jenni Cattran and Nancy Laird (Urban Appalachian Community Coalition)
2.9 - Panel (Pavilion B)
Ragged Wounds and Great Migrations: Re-Stitching Appalachia
Convener: Jonathan L. Bradshaw
“Heritage Claims and Civic Change: Re-Stitching Urban Appalachian Advocacy in Cincinnati, OH,” Jonathan L. Bradshaw (Western Carolina University)
“The Great Northern Migration: Rural French-Canadian Immigrants in New England Industrial Cities,” Timothy Di Leo Browne (Carleton University)
“The Ragged Wound—Can the Appalachian Diaspora Save the Region?,” Byron Ballard (Independent Folklorist and Writer)
2.10 - Roundtable (Cabana A)
Preparing Students to Address Substance Misuse in Appalachian Culture
Convener: Michael E. Thomas
Michael E. Thomas, Jessica Stephen Premo, and Nancy Brossoie (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
2.11 - Workshop (Pavilion A)
How to Connect Academics to Activists, PART II
Jeffrey Stec (Citizens for Civic Renewal)
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Lunch available for purchase
