Emily Hilliard, author of Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia, is a folklorist and writer based in Berea, Kentucky. She is the former West Virginia State Folklorist and Founding Director of the West Virginia Folklife Program. 

Published Works

Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia
55 Strong: Inside The West Virginia Teachers’ Strike

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Folklore and Futures

March 24, 2023 2:30PM – 3:30PM

A future-focused, materialist, and collaborative approach to cultural work is what Emily Hilliard offers in “Making our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia.”

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