Culture Work
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-33820-6 (ISBN)
The work folklorists do on the ground and in communities can make a concrete difference in quality of life. While the field is not immune to extractive, racist, colonial, heteronormative, and misogynistic practices, it can counter and combat these same forces in society. Culture Work presents case studies of public-oriented work that define the Wisconsin Idea of folklore in all its complexities, challenges, and potentialities. This Wisconsin method focuses on doing folklore work of the community, for the community, and with the community, and explores the vast numbers of creative possibilities that such processes and products entail for culture workers. Featuring contributions from top folklorists and public humanists, the volume asks, what is the value of public folklore to the public? What are we actually doing when we engage in culture work? And how can we build better cultural agendas, initiatives, and representations?
Thematically arranged chapters represent interconnected aspects of culture work, from amplifying local voices to galvanizing community from within to reflecting on how we might use folklore to build the world we want to live in. Together, the collection presents a cross-section of the many innovative and essential culture works occurring today in the field of folklore and the humanities more generally. These inventive projects provide concrete examples and accessible theory grounded in practice, encourage readers to embark on their own public culture work, and create new forward-looking inspiration for community leaders and scholars in the field.
Tim Frandy is an assistant professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky University and the editor and translator of Inari SÁmi Folklore: Stories from Aanaar. B. Marcus CederstrÖm is the community curator of Nordic-American folklore in the department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the coeditor and translator, with Thomas A. DuBois, of Songs of the Finnish Migration: A Bilingual Anthology.
Acknowledgments
IntroductionTim Frandy and B. Marcus CederstrÖm
Public Folklore, Cultural Equity, and the Wisconsin Idea of Folklore
From a Potato Hole, Part 2: Collaboration, Repatriation, and Cultural Equity James P. Leary The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships: A Reflection on the Roots and Impact of a National Cultural Heritage Honorific Program Cheryl T. Schiele The Lion’s Side: DiscoverME/RecoverME and the Utilization of Storytelling for Emotional Transformation David Olawuyi Fakunle Notes from the Field: Activism, Folklore Research, and Human Rights on the South Carolina Sea Islands in the 1960s Mary Arnold Twining Prison Landscapes and the Wisconsin Idea: Shaping the Study of a Public Occupational Culture Claire Schmidt Revitalizing Franco-American Song Carmen Bombardier, Kim Chase, Robert Desrosiers, Andy Kolovos, Lisa Ornstein
Beyond Preservation and Conservation
Securing a Future for the Nation’s Folklore Documentation Heyday Nicole Saylor Collections: Opportunities and Responsibilities Terri Van Orman “We Have All Been Neighbors Here”: Preservation, Access, and Engagement with the Arnold Munkel Collection Nathan D. Gibson and Anna Rue Running the Show: Documenting and Exhibiting Wisconsin Folk Art Robert T. Teske The Bobbing Boat: Lasting Impressions, Rejuvenated Memories, and Intriguing Prospects Janet C. Gilmore The Smithsonian Folklife Festival Model as Transferable Technology for Cultural Heritage Craft Tourism in Local Museums Diana Baird N’Diaye
Amplifying Local Voices
Songs of the Finnish Migration: Amplification and Revitalization Thomas A. DuBois and B. Marcus CederstrÖm The Down Home Dairyland Story Richard March Then and Now: Public Folklore and the Folklorist in Missouri Lisa L. Higgins Applying Ethnicity: The Case of Olga Edseth’s Hot Pink Rosemaled Pumps in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin Jared L. Schmidt “Let the Blood Roses Grow”: Workers’ Worldviews in the Music of Oren Tikkanen Hilary-Joy Virtanen
Creating Community
Stacking Brooms: Curling Camaraderie and Folklore in a Time of Transition Anne Pryor “We Wanted to Save Something While There Was Still Something Left”: Restoration and Cultural Maintenance at The Oulu Cultural and Heritage Center Mirva Johnson “A Growing Art”: Traditional Arts and Heritage Rediscovery in Northern Minnesota Scandinavian Communities Sallie Anna Steiner The Art of Survival on the Iron Range: Economic Strategies after the Iron Is Gone Rhonda R. Dass A Fish Sandwich for All Yvonne R. Lockwood Grocery Stores as Sites for the Study of Material Communication: Ethnographic Guidelines Ayako Yoshimura
Engaging with the Past
“The Wisconsin Historical Society Gave Me Your Name”: Doing Out-(and In-)reach on Campus, in Wisconsin, and Beyond Troy Reeves Shoemaker, Frey, and Yoder and the Pennsylvania Dutch Idea Mark L. Louden Finding Tradition in the Archives: Craft as Research and Research as Craft Rebecca J. Keyel Hoaxes, History, Legends, and the Circulation of Stories: The Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin’s Petrified French Explorer Jennifer Gipson Re-animating the Past: Traveling through Michigan with Alan Lomax’s 1938 Films Guha Shankar Translating Context with Digital Media in Medieval Icelandic Literature: Hrafnkels saga and the eSaga Project Colin Gioia Connors
Creating the Future Out of the Past
“I Need to Make a Dollar”: On the Road with Working-Class Protest Songs Bucky Halker A Business Model for Folklore: Profitable, Wholehearted, and Cinematic Jamie Yuenger “Did Ole Really Say That?” Linguistics, Folklore, and Heritage Languages Joseph Salmons “Este Lugar Tiene Muchas Historias”: Alternative Forms of Archiving and Community Engagement in Oaxaca, Mexico Hilary Morgan V. Leathem Haunting Acknowledgment: Archiving Women’s March Folklore and the Political Potential of Care Ethics Christine Garlough
Works Cited
Contributors
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.07.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 34 b&w illus. |
| Verlagsort | Wisconsin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 369 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-299-33820-7 / 0299338207 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-299-33820-6 / 9780299338206 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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