| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
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| Competition Clogging: Preservation And Innovation In Mountain Folk Dance |
2019 |
2217 |
Competition clogging circuits have contributed much to the preservation and innovation of mountain folk dance styles over the last century; however, most researchers dismiss or ignore their role in the continuation of the art form. Drawing upon pers... |
| Claiming Disability In Appalachia |
2020 |
912 |
Appalachia has been seen as a disabled region, commonly positioned as needing development to be brought in line with the rest of the United States. Instead of automatically assuming that this disablement is negative, I interrogate the multiple meanin... |
| The Dispossession Of The “Back Of Beyond”: TVA’s Fontana Project And The North Shore Communities |
2020 |
675 |
In 1941 the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) began construction of Fontana Dam, further dispossessing communities in the vicinity of the recently- created Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Despite initial misgivings local leaders came to embrace T... |
| A Comprehensive Examination Of The Arts At Appalachian: Moving Toward An Equitable Future |
2021 |
329 |
This thesis argues that a holistic approach to social justice is essential to the work of arts institutions in Appalachia, a region that has consistently been home to some of the most progressive thinkers and organizers in the country. Developed out ... |
| “Don’t Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There”: Women’s Grassroots Activism In Appalachia Since The 1970s |
2023 |
308 |
"'Don’t Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There': Women’s Grassroots Activism in Appalachia Since the 1970s," explores women's participation in grassroots activism. Getting its namesake from Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard's song “Don’t Put Her Down Yo... |