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LOGGER'S SHEET 94 REEL NUMBER: 7 STAGE: AFS DATE: 6/24/88 PRESENTOR: John H Vlach GROUP NAME: "The Material World: Persevering, Presenting, Pretending" REGION/STYLE: PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Henry Glassie: (folklorist, Philadelphia PA) Ray Brassieur: (folklorist - St. Martinville, Louisiana) Janice Godaire: (folklorist, Gristan, Mass.) Timothy Lloyd: (folklorist, Colombus, Ohio) [[crossed out]] John Vlach: (presenter)(folklorist, Washington D.C.) CONTENTS: 1. JV: Introductions: Asking the audience 2. RB: Range of objects: BOATS to TEXTILES Example of louisana sailboat: "the Lugger" 3. HG: 18th century/19th century + 20th Century: Nature + Will 4. JG: Artist on the schools presentor and old Starbridge Village as experiences. 5. JV: The imagination as part of this 6. HG: The ability to pretend like 18th person. 7. JG: Caution that historic accuracy and the altered story. JV: what is it like to be on display- 8. asked of Raymond Sedotcel boat builder from Louisana 9. Nick Spitzer: imaginative talking about pretending 10. living traditions -> reenactments (who is pretending for what purposes). 11. JV: opens to the audience 12. Audience: will there be folklore 100 yrs from now. Will there be folklore without folklorists? 13. JG: Support to maintenance of tradition AG: Governed Folklore from personal point of view the increasing privitization of folklore Audience: Asks what is difference between cajuns/creole/ RB: Answers question/ presents the debate. JV: Conclusion