Community Cultural Inventories August 5, 2011

Instructor: Kathleen Mundell, Director, Cultural Resources.

Discovery Research is a cultural inventory process by which community members are identified and interviewed for information on local culture. Through Discovery Research training, workshop participants will learn how to find out more about their communities' cultural assets as well as develop strategies for its sustainability.

Intended for students, community members, staff members of non-profit cultural, community, economic development, planning and social-service agencies, as well as professional researchers interested in learning about the cultural inventory process and developing place based public programs.

Using Place: A Workbook, the workshop will begin by focusing on the basics of Discovery Research including exercises in observation, information gathering and community organizing. Next, we will look at what follows the Discovery Research process, exploring ways to develop local cultural initiatives and public programs that reflect a community’s sense of place and tradition.

Official Website: http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/education/cultural-sustainability/workshops.php