Olivia Cadaval

Folklorist/Curator

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian Institution
MRC 520
Washington, D.C. 20560-0953

Email: cadavalo at si.edu


Research Interests

Latin American and Latino studies, American cultural history, material culture, folklife.


Current Research Projects

Latino and Latin American music as a window into Latino culture in the U.S. Continuing exploration of cultural representation in public spaces; Ethnographic research in the Washington DC Latino community.


Current or Projected Exhibits

Música del Pueblo virtual exhibition.


Recent Publications

2008 "Adams Morgan: The Core of the Latino Community," Washington At Home, ed. K.Smith, Northridge, CA: Windsor Press (revised edition, in process).

2007 Review of The Borderlands of Culture: Américo Paredes and the Transnational Imaginary” by Ramón Saldívar, The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology Vol. 12/1 (April 2007: 261-3.

2007 Review of Pots of Promise: Mexicans and Potter at Hull-House, 1920-40 edited by Cheryl R. Ganz and Margaret Strobel in The Journal of Heritage Stewardship. Vol. 4/1 (Winter 2007): 80-82.

2006 “Many Americas in the Shadow of the Capitol: Latinos in Washington, D.C., Organization of American History Newsletter.


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