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LOGGER: András Goldinger
REEL NUMBER: 6  STAGE: AFS
DATE: 6/30/88  PRESENTOR: Charlie Camp
GROUP NAME: Afro-American Folklore
REGION/STYLE:

PERFORMER(S)  INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION
John Vlach - folklorist, D.C.
Horace Boyer - ethnomusicologist, Amherst, Mass

CONTENTS
1. C.C. - general intros - is gospel folklore?
2. H.B. - "older ways" - popular music in black community, vs. "folk music" - "folk" as a term, activities - treat it personally - difficulty of terms.
3. J.V. - folk architecture in Afro-Am. traditions - crafts - "getting history" vanishing history of material culture -
4. H.N. - white vs. black folklorism comm - "living out" - hymns" - private feel - trust - putting on [[?]]
5. C.C. - foodways fieldwork in Dakotas - male and female fieldworkers - dif. results
6. J.V. - "Charleston Blacksmith book about Phillip Simmons - decorative blacksmith in Charleston, S.C. - his hart not truly appreciated - developing rapport - friendship over many years
7. Rayna Green questions (-to H.B.) how is it to teach trad. gospel to youngsters)
8. H.B. - a generation of churchgoers - no real sense of life of church - only connected with civil rights meetings - teaching to youngsters - vocal techniques - over time people "get it" - follow and enjoy it -
9. audience - church's role in South
10. H.B. - '60-'68 era only
11. C.C. - Federal Writer's Project on ex-slave narratives - ex. indirect approaches in Afro-Am. folklores.
12. J.V. - 40 volumes - WPA - Historical Blg. Project - records - inventory of plantation, architectural references
13. Barry Ancelet - question - 
H.B. - narrowing of interests -
audience - stories handed down - very important - dissemination
H.B. - response