- $150,000
American Routes: Routes to Home: Words and Music from Migrants, Exiles, Travelers, and Wanderers
Recipient: Spitzer, Nick R (New Orleans, LA 70112 USA) in affiliation with University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA 70148 USA)
Goal: Production of ten two-hour programs exploring the traveler as an iconic image in American narrative, songs, and stories.
Description: A special series of American Routes programs entitled, "Routes to Home: Words and Music from Migrants, Exiles, Travellers, and Wanderers." Building on prior NEH-supported programming and drawing on the experiences and insights of the past 18 months, American Routes will produce ten two-hour programs focused on the theme of travel and the traveller as a culture-bearer and iconic image in American narratives, songs and stories. NEH support will make possible the inclusion of enhanced humanities content in these programs and permit American Routes to recruit additional scholars new to the program with expertise in content and/or the cultural aspects of travel and mobility as historical and contemporary cultural conditions of life.
Grant: 187287 / UI-50020-07, Category: Humanities, Division: Public Programs, Year Awarded: 2007 - $150,000
Afropop Worldwide
Recipient: Barlow, W. Sean (Brooklyn, NY 11215 USA) in affiliation with World Music Productions
Goal: Production and distribution of 10 original programs and 14 re-edited "Hip Deep" programs for the 2007-08 season and a prototype of new knowledge distribution models.
Description: Afropop Worldwide is a weekly public radio program that since 1988 has introduced American listeners to the music and cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora. Hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the series is distributed by PRI to 99 stations in the U.S. and by XM satellite radio. Over the past four years, with support from the NEH, Afropop Worldwide has collaborated with leading humanities scholars and authors to add depth and authority to our programs. In particular, we have developed the Hip Deep series within Afropop Worldwide, a distinct set of programs that introduce humanities themes to the general public through comprehensive musical narratives. World Music Productions requests a grant of $150,000 from the NEH ton continue this work by researching, producing, and distributing 10 original programs and encoring 14 re-edited Hip Deep programs for the 2007-2008 season. This grant will also allow us to reach new audiences through new technology.
Grant: 187293 / UI-50026-07, Category: Music History and Criticism, Division: Public Programs, Year Awarded: 2007 - $190,944
Shakespeare in American Life
Recipient: Paster, Gail Kern (Washington, DC 20003 USA) in affiliation with Folger Shakespeare Library
Goal: Production of three one-hour radio documentaries that would explore the influence of Shakespeare's work on American civic, political, and cultural life.
Description: The Folger Shakespeare Library is partnering with award-winning independent radio producer Richard Paul to produce "Shakespeare in American Life," three one-hour radio documentaries exploring the influence of William Shakespeare’s works on American civic, political, and cultural life and narrated by renowned actor Sam Waterston. The three parts can be broadcast as a series, or each as a single documentary. The documentaries will be distributed by Public Radio International (PRI) to its 726 affiliates, and more than 50 public radio stations have already expressed interest in carrying the programs. The documentaries will be complemented by a comprehensive website housed on www.folger.edu, which will feature educational activities including lesson plans for K-12 teachers, and interactive games and learning activities for families. This 2007 project will mark the Folger’s 75th anniversary as a world-class research center on Shakespeare and early modern England.
Grant: 182502 / UI-50006-06, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Year Awarded: 2006 - $150,000
Afropop Worldwide
Recipient: Barlow, W. Sean (Brooklyn, NY 11215 USA) in affiliation with World Music Productions
Goal: Production of 26 original programs and repackaging of 28 previous broadcasts for a weekly radio program that explores the music cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
Description: Afropop Worldwide is a weekly public radio series hosted by Georges Collinet and distributed to 112 stations via Public Radio.
Grant: 182508 / UI-50012-06, Category: Humanities, Division: Public Programs, Year Awarded: 2006 - $150,000
American Routes: Routes to Creativity, A Sense of Place
Recipient: Spitzer, Nicholas R (New Orleans, LA 70118-5698 USA) in affiliation with University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA 70148 USA)
Goal: Production of ten two-hour topical programs that would focus on the geographic places that have acted as wellsprings of creative influence and musical expression.
Description: American Routes is a weekly, nationally distributed public radio program produced in New Orleans devoted to the music, songs, stories, and voices reflecting American culture through its vernacular music. Each two-hour program presents a wide range of American music woven around a theme or series of related topics, hosted by the noted folklorist and documentary producer Dr. Nick Spitzer.
Grant: 182647 / UI-50017-06, Category: Music History and Criticism, Division: Public Programs, Year Awarded: 2006 - $89,000
Evolving Attitudes toward the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi, 1954-1970
Recipient: Smith, Stephen (Saint Paul, MN 55101 USA) in affiliation with Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul, MN 55101 USA)
Goal: Production of a one-hour radio program and companion website exploring the evolving attitudes of whites in Mississippi toward the Civil Rights Movement between 1954 and 1970.
Description: Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media, requests a production grant for American RadioWorks (ARW-its national documentary unit), to produce a landmark public radio documentary and companion Web site on white responses to the civil rights movement in Mississippi. "Whites and Civil Rights" will illuminate the spectrum of white reaction in a state that was one of the most bitter and bloody battlegrounds of the civil rights era. Many portrayals of this history concentrate on the stark duality of black heroism and white oppression. This project will challenge the notion of monolithic white response to African American claims to equality. It will offer a vivid picture of the white organizations--councils, commissions and Klans--that vigorously opposed civil rights for blacks. It documents the story of white southerners who struggled with with a profound sense of ambivalence over racial questions, and tells how a small cadre of whites took an active role in the civil rights movement.
Grant: 182504 / UI-50008-06, Category: Media-General, Division: Public Programs, Year Awarded: 2006 - Endowment for the humanities grants to program Media Radio Production; items 1-6 of 6 with a total funding of $879,944.