Jason Baird Jackson
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Jason Baird Jackson is an associate professor of folklore in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington
. At IUB, he has served as Chair of the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and as Director of the Folklore Institute. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology, of American Studies, of Native American and Indigenous Studies and of Cultural Studies.
He received his B.A. in sociology from University of Florida
in 1990 with a minor in anthropology. He earned his M.A. degrees in cultural anthropology and in folklore, as well as his Ph.D. degree in anthropology from Indiana University Bloomington.
in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1995–2000) and Assistant Curator of Ethnology at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
in Norman, Oklahoma (2000–2004).
Dr. Jackson's research interests include the following areas: (1) folklore and ethnology (intellectual and cultural property issues, folklore and folklife, material culture, religion, ritual, cultural change, ethnohistory, music and dance, ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, social organization, social theory, history of folkloristics and anthropology), (2) linguistic anthropology (verbal art, oratory, language shift, language ideologies, theories of performance, language and culture), (3) curatorship (community collaboration, exhibitions, collections management), (4) American and native American studies (Eastern North America).
Dr. Jackson's ethnographic and historical work has focused on the life of the Yuchi
, a Native American people residing today in Oklahoma, USA. He has published and edited several books on Native American topics, including Yuchi Ceremonial Life: Performance, Meaning and Tradition in a Contemporary American Indian Community. He has also published numerous articles based on his studies of Native American ethnography and folklore and he is the editor of the journal Museum Anthropology Review.
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...
. At IUB, he has served as Chair of the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and as Director of the Folklore Institute. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology, of American Studies, of Native American and Indigenous Studies and of Cultural Studies.
Early life and education
Jason Jackson was born in .He received his B.A. in sociology from University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in 1990 with a minor in anthropology. He earned his M.A. degrees in cultural anthropology and in folklore, as well as his Ph.D. degree in anthropology from Indiana University Bloomington.
Career
Jackson was Curator of Anthropology at the Gilcrease MuseumGilcrease Museum
Gilcrease Museum is a museum located northwest of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. The museum now houses the world's largest, most comprehensive collection of art of the American West as well as a growing collection of art and artifacts from Central and South America...
in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1995–2000) and Assistant Curator of Ethnology at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Norman, Oklahoma, operated by the University of Oklahoma. It is currently housed in a building on Chautauqua Avenue that opened on May 1, 2000. The museum's exhibits include a Native American gallery and collections of...
in Norman, Oklahoma (2000–2004).
Dr. Jackson's research interests include the following areas: (1) folklore and ethnology (intellectual and cultural property issues, folklore and folklife, material culture, religion, ritual, cultural change, ethnohistory, music and dance, ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, social organization, social theory, history of folkloristics and anthropology), (2) linguistic anthropology (verbal art, oratory, language shift, language ideologies, theories of performance, language and culture), (3) curatorship (community collaboration, exhibitions, collections management), (4) American and native American studies (Eastern North America).
Dr. Jackson's ethnographic and historical work has focused on the life of the Yuchi
Yuchi
For the Chinese surname 尉迟, see Yuchi.The Yuchi, also spelled Euchee and Uchee, are a Native American Indian tribe who traditionally lived in the eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee in the 16th century. During the 17th century, they moved south to Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina...
, a Native American people residing today in Oklahoma, USA. He has published and edited several books on Native American topics, including Yuchi Ceremonial Life: Performance, Meaning and Tradition in a Contemporary American Indian Community. He has also published numerous articles based on his studies of Native American ethnography and folklore and he is the editor of the journal Museum Anthropology Review.
Representative works
- 2003. Yuchi Ceremonial Life: Performance, Meaning and Tradition in a Contemporary American Indian Community. Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
- 2004. “Recontextualizing Revitalization: Cosmology and Cultural Stability in the Adoption of Peyotism among the Yuchi,” In Reassessing Revitalization: Perspectives from North America and the Pacific Islands. Michael Harkin, editor. pp. 183–205. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
- 2006. “On the Review of Digital Exhibitions,” Museum Anthropology, 29(1):1-4.
- 2008. “Traditionalization in Ceremonial Ground Oratory: Native American Speechmaking in Eastern Oklahoma,” in Midwestern Folklore. 34(2):3-16.