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LOGGER'S SHEET 138 LOGGER: Lori Taylor REEL NUMBER: 8 STAGE: AFS DATE: 7/1/1988 PRESENTER: John Ulach GROUP NAME: What Folklore Is... And Isn't. REGION/STYLE: PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Simon Carmel (folklorist-Wash,DC)anthropologist, deaf traditions John Ulach (folklorist-Washington, DC) Gun Kingsavanh Pathammavong (Wash, DC) Laotian, music scholar Bob Mccarl (folklorist- Boise, Idaho) occupational folklore, State folklorist CONTENTS 1. Intro-example of Soviets- the performers from the far reaches in U.S.- traditions feared to be about to vanish. 2. transition from archaic definition of folklore to modern emerging traditions. 3.SC- (through interpreter) folklore passed by sign of hand (word of mouth) 400,000 deaf people in US. own communities. 4. American Sign language, accents 5. a lot of this culture is not on paper- this is a way to provide role models for the young deaf. 6.KP- maintaining of lao/Asian community through music. inevitability of change- new environment. 7.BMCC- what do you do for refugees to ease transition? 8. example of perception of minorities in opinion poll-low:Asian,Hmlnd,,Hispanic laotians concerning his effort to raise consciousness [[strikethrough]] [[??]] [[strikethrough]] of/the groups. 9. another example of empowerment- political act of folklore practice use the folklore project (including travelling festival) to bring State together. 10.Audience ? [[arrow]] what can we do the preserve our culture 11.SC- examples of methods- video, written...fear of deaf community fading as deaf are mainstreamed. 12.KP- 13.BMcC- same question by firefighters- one key is to look at it over time and its entirety Audience? [[arrow]] (signed) how do we need to refine the definition of folklore with all of these emerging groups. BMCC- necessary knowledge made attractive. hope for future- more people from communities doing the interpretation