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LOGGER: Lori Taylor
REEL NUMBER: 8/9     STAGE: AFS
DATE: 6/30/1985      PRESENTOR: Rayna Green
GROUP NAME: Personal Politics: Folk Community Members and 
REGION/STYLE: Folklorists.
PERFORMER(S)           INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION
Norma Cantu (folklorist- Laredo, Texas)
Teresita Gonzalez (Matichines dancer- Laredo, Texas) Maria Teresa Gonzal
Lynn Martin (folklorist Honolulu, Hawaii)
Rayna Green (folklorist- Washington, DC)

CONTENTS
1. Intro-
NC- political act of going home to study our own culture. 
2. the people are open to their own; folklorist perhaps more empathetic.
awkwardness of communicating an academic work [[crossed-out]] [[??]] [[crossed-out]] to the community. 
3. RG- when the folklorist intrudes on private culture, someone from within 
4. may not be perceived that way
5. NC- Matchines- as religious ritual or as performance.
RG- reorientation of questions- not what the folklorist wants to know but
6. what the community wants to know. 
7. LM- staying long w/one weaver- increased sensitivity to culture. 
NC- necessity of a personal bond between master & student.
8. ever find a conflict between responsibility to society and resp. to academe (Barry Ancelet)
NC- definitely. if a question- it is out
9. RG- conscious decision not to do fieldwork (painful decision) & continue exploitatio
10. won't present religious materials. Answer: She's not an objective scholar.
NC- to TG what do they think of me.
11.TG- torn between protection & exposure.
12. deciding how they would feel best about presenting their material. 
13. Barry Ancelet- do you find yourself dealing with the eventuality of success? 
LM- folklorist sometimes acts as manager.