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Our Movement Starts Here—directed by John Rash and Melanie Ho and produced by Rash, Ho, and the Southern Documentary Project—is an award-winning documentary that tells the story of a rural community in the American South that fought the state of North Carolina's toxic landfill.

April 15: Our Movement Starts Here Screening
Apr 11, 2025

The Center for Appalachian Studies invites you to a free screening of Our Movement Starts Here on Tuesday, April 15, at 6 p.m.

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Dr. Beth Davison and Jesse Barber ’22 ’24

Dr. Beth Davison and Jesse Barber ’22 ’24 featured on Appalachian Excellence podcast
Mar 20, 2025

On this episode of Appalachian Excellence: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Karen Fletcher, director of grants resources and services... General News

Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (vol. 52, no. 3)

Appalachian Journal (vol. 52, no. 3) now available
Mar 12, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The new issue of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (vol. 52, no.

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Trevor McKenzie is the director of Appalachian State University's Center for Appalachian Studies. Photo submitted

March 27: Blue Ridge Ballads Revisited with Appalachian Studies' Trevor McKenzie
Jan 30, 2025

This presentation and performance traces the history behind ballads from the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Appalachian Journal (vol. 52, no. 1-2)
Jesse Barber, an Appalachian State University senior from Sawmills, is pursuing a self-designed B.A. in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in documentary studies in Appalachia and a minor in sustainable development. Photo by Mike Belleme

In the News: North Carolina Photographer Points His Lens Toward Hope Amidst The Devastation Of His Home State [alumni featured]
Oct 28, 2024

Jesse Barber focuses his camera with the quiet pensiveness of a mountain man—someone who appreciates the solace of a porch rocker, the depth

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Appalachian Journal (vol. 51, no. 3-4)

Appalachian Journal (vol. 51, no. 3-4) now available
Jul 25, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — The new Appalachian Journal (vol. 51, no.

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