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LOGGER'S SHEET
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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