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    In case you missed this July Folklife Today blog post . . .

    This is a guest post written by folklorist Nicole Musgrave, who was contracted by the American Folklife Center to conduct interviews with Appalachian-based child care workers about their pandemic experiences. The post details Musgrave’s inspiration for the project, her initial findings, and why interviewing child care workers is important for understanding Americans’ experiences with COVID-19. 

    Her first project, “Early Learning During COVID-19” sought to understand how pandemic lockdowns and restrictions were affecting children, families, and child care providers living in eight eastern Kentucky counties, and how the nonprofit could better support their community.

    Her current project, “It Takes a Village: Rural Central Appalachian Childcare Providers’ COVID-19 Experiences,” takes place in five states in Central Appalachia—Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

    Two female child care workers, posing in front of their child care center.

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    https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2024/07/covid-recollections-interviewing-appalachian-child-care-workers-for-the-covid-19-american-history-project/

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