Join us for a happy hour episode as we talk with Halle Butvin. Halle is the director of special projects at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. She leads the Center's cultural vitality work around the world, designing collaborative projects to support communities in their efforts to safeguard their heritage, promote cultural expression, and elevate cultural practices to improve local economies. Halle’s research-based approach to tourism experience development is being adopted and rolled out in communities across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tunisia, Georgia, and now, through UPLIFT in North Carolina. Learn more about the work of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage here: https://folklife.si.edu/ and be sure to stay updated on what UPLIFT is doing: https://www.uplifttourism.com/.