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Folkways can refer to: Folkways or mores, in sociology, are norms for routine or casual interaction; Folkways Records, a record label founded by Moe Asch of the ...
A folkway is what is created through interaction and that process is what organizes interactions through routine, repetition, habit and consistency. [ 3 ] William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), an early U.S. sociologist , introduced both the terms "mores" (1898) [ 4 ] and "folkways" (1906) into modern sociology.
Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution.It is a part of the Smithsonian's Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C.
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America is a 1989 book by David Hackett Fischer that details the folkways of four groups of people who moved from distinct regions of Great Britain to the United States.
Moses Asch (December 2, 1905 – October 19, 1986) was an American recording engineer and record executive. He founded Asch Records, which then changed its name to Folkways Records when the label transitioned from 78 RPM recordings to LP records.
Folkways (1906) William Graham Sumner (October 30, 1840 – April 12, 1910) was an American clergyman , social scientist , and neoclassical liberal . He taught social sciences at Yale University , where he held the nation's first professorship in sociology and became one of the most influential teachers at any major school.
Smithsonian Folkways states that their mission "is the legacy of Moses Asch, who founded Folkways Records in 1948 to document 'people's music.'" They "are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound", and that "musical and cultural ...
Folkways: The Original Vision was released in 1989 and is the first album created by Folkways Records under new acquisition by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage following the death of the record label's founder, Moses Asch [1].