William R. Bascom and Zora Neale Hurston were both trained anthropologists interviewing communities for Federal Project Number One. Looking at their work for the W.P.A. begs the question, what are the limits of scholar/researcher engaging in research outside their own culture? How did those limits affect the work of the Georgia Federal Writers Project? Episode two digs into both those questions.
Zora Neale Hurston clips from the Library of Congress.
Curious Roots is executive produced by Michelle McCrary for DayClean Communications and Moonshadow Productions. Music and additional co-production by Juan Pablo Piedrahita.
Learn more about the Harris Neck at harrisnecklandtrust.org. Learn more about the Black coastal communities from North Carolina to Florida at gullahgeecheecorridor.org.
