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Logger's Sheet (underlined)
Logger: Lori Taylor
Reel Number: 8/9         Stage:AFS
Date: 6/30/1988  Presentor: Rayna Green
Group Name: Personal Politics: Folk Community Members and
Region/Style: Folklorists.
Performer(s) (underlined)
Instrument (underlined)/ Occupation
Norma Cantu (folklorist - laredo, Texas)
Teresita Gonzalez (Matichines dancer - laredo, Texas) Maria Terese Gonzal
Lynn Martin (folklorist - Honolulu, Hawaii)
Rayna Green (folklorist - Washington, DC)
 
Contents (underlined)
1. Intro -
2. NC(underlined)- political act of going home to study your own culture. The people are more open to their own; folklorist perhaps more empathetic. awkwardness of communicating an academic work to the community.
3.RG(underlined)- when the folklorist intrudes on private culture, someone from within may not be perceived that way
4.NC(underlined)- Matchines- as religious ritual or as performance.
5.RG(underlined)- reorientation of questions- not what the folklorist wants to know but what the community wants to know.
6.LM(underlined)- staying long w/ one weaver - increased sensitivity to culture.
7.NC(underlined)- necessity of a personal bond between master & student. ever find a conflict between responsibility to society and resp. to academe (Barny Ancelet[?])
8.NC(underlined)- definitely if a question - it is out
9.RG(underlined)-conscious decision not to do fieldwork (painful decision) & continue exploitation won't present religious materials. Answer: She's not an objective scholar.
10.NC(underlined)-to TG "what they think of me."
11.TG(underlined)-torn between wanting the tradition to be accessible & wanting to be private
12.LM(underlined)-balance between protection & exposure. deciding how they(underlined) would feel best about presenting their material. Barry Ancelet- "do you find yourself dealing with the eventuality of success?"
13.LM(underlined)-folklorist sometimes acts as manager.