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COVID-19 In Appalachia: Poetry And Legacy In WNC
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COVID-19 In Appalachia: Family, Connection And Culture
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Foxfire has been collecting stories, memories, photographs and artifacts related to the experiences of people in Appalachia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Blue Ridge Public Radio is partnering with the project to help expand its reach and focus on collecting stories from Western North Carolina.
Foxfire is not new to the art of listening to peoples’ stories. Since its early days as a classroom English project at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee school in Northeast Georgia in 1966, Foxfire has worked to listen and document the stories and experiences of Appalachian people. Over its 55-year history, Foxfire has created a series of anthologies, magazines and an oral history archive documenting the life and history of Southern Appalachia.
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Reporter Lilly Knoepp visits the Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center in Mountain City, Georgia. The outdoor museum has been working to share Appalachian crafts and skills despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic has hit non-profits and museums hard due to travel and social distancing restrictions. One museum in our region appears naturally poised to weather the pandemic.
The War Woman cabin on the property of the Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center is decorated for Christmas. It was built in the late 1880’s but is now styled as a 1940’s Appalachian cabin with a woodstove and a vintage radio that clicks on when you enter the room: