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Basket Making in Kentucky

WKU Public Radio | By Rachel Hopkin
Published April 6, 2011 at 3:17 PM CDT
Photo by Amanda Hardeman

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South Central Kentucky has a rich and unique basket making tradition. WKU Folk Studies graduate student Rachel Hopkin explores this heritage in an hour-long documentary produced for WKU Public Radio.
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Arts & Culture Folk StudiesBasket Making
Rachel Hopkin
Rachel Hopkin is a BBC-trained radio producer and has worked for broadcast networks around the world. She has a longstanding interest in American traditional culture and, as a result, undertook an MA in Folk Studies at WKU between 2010 and 2012.
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