Black Folkways is an interdisciplinary research project that engages with three communities located along bicoastal waterways. At each site we explore themes of community building, healing the sick, shared rumors and recipes, religion, and maintenance of family and community legacies. Each community – Cat Island Bahamas, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and Washington D.C., – has a unique heritage, and our research methodology adapts accordingly.
In Washington D.C. the focus is on foodways. We explore “lore” and stories around food gatherings with the Georgetown Howard Medical Humanities and Health Justice Initiative.
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland we focus on cultural heritage and cemeteries in collaboration with the Family and Friends of Asbury and Greene Chappel community NGO.
In the Bahamas, we focus on gardening, food sustainability, and traditional health practices in collaboration with local farmers and business entrepreneurs.
