Document
&
preserve
spoken-word heritage
Document
&
preserve
spoken-word heritage
Every conversation creates a lasting impact that fuels our mission of “Preserving Our Roots, Empowering Our Future.”.
Every conversation creates a lasting impact that fuels our mission of “Preserving Our Roots, Empowering Our Future.”.
Exposure to diverse cultures, tools, and oral tradition practices can give us insight into ourselves and the world.
Exposure to diverse cultures, tools, and oral tradition practices can give us insight into ourselves and the world.
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Heritage Initiatives
Heritage Initiatives
Goal:
$44,000
Research partnerships with community elders and cultural keepers
Goal:
$44,000
Research partnerships with community elders and cultural keepers
Goal:
$800,000
annual prize program
Goal:
$800,000
annual prize program
Goal:
$2 million
Ethnography seeks to uncover the shared beliefs, values, norms, and practices of a particular culture or social group.
Goal:
$2 million
Ethnography seeks to uncover the shared beliefs, values, norms, and practices of a particular culture or social group.
Goal:
$44,000
Research partnerships with community elders and cultural keepers
Goal:
$800,000
annual prize program
Support
Support
Culture
Your time and skills can change lives. Join our network and preserve cultural heritage.
Your time and skills can change lives. Join our network and preserve cultural heritage.
Support
Culture
Your time and skills can change lives. Join our network and preserve cultural heritage.
Why?
Why?
Preserving Disappearing Voices
01
We document oral traditions before they vanish forever
Preserving Disappearing Voices
01
We document oral traditions before they vanish forever
Academic Rigor
02
Collaboration with universities and trained ethnographers
Academic Rigor
02
Collaboration with universities and trained ethnographers
Community-Centered
03
Participant-observer methodology respects cultural authenticity
Community-Centered
03
Participant-observer methodology respects cultural authenticity
Preserving Disappearing Voices
01
We document oral traditions before they vanish forever
Academic Rigor
02
Collaboration with universities and trained ethnographers
Community-Centered
03
Participant-observer methodology respects cultural authenticity
Get involved
Creating Lasting Impact
“A story told by an elder, a lullaby sung in a mother tongue, that recipe passed down through whispers, are the fragile threads that weave our collective heritage. At Anaspora, we document, celebrate, and amplify these voices before they fade into silence.”
Stephen Williams
Program Director
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Creating Lasting Impact
“A story told by an elder, a lullaby sung in a mother tongue, that recipe passed down through whispers, are the fragile threads that weave our collective heritage. At Anaspora, we document, celebrate, and amplify these voices before they fade into silence.”
Stephen Williams
Program Director
Stories and insights
Stories and insights
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“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
Chinua Achebe (Nigerian novelist)
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
Chinua Achebe (Nigerian novelist)
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