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LOGGER'S SHEET [[circled]] 142 [[/circled]] LOGGER: Catherine Jacobs REEL NUMBER: 3 STAGE: AFS-Centennial DATE: July 2, 1988 PRESENTER: Barry Ancelet GROUP NAME: Crossing the Line: Folk Artist - Folklorist REGION/STYLE: PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Norma Cantu - folklorist. Laredo, Texas Richard March - folklorist, Madison, Wisconsin Horace Boyer - folklorist + gospel singer - Amherst, Mass. CONTENTS 1. The objectivity of the folklorist. one more myth Anecdotes about Richard M. Dorson 2. Development of an inquisitive approach 3. The advantage of subjectivity: Knowing what to ask, understanding what you see + hear 4. Boundaries of involvement 5. Outsiders breaking into tradition, influence of outsiders on tradition 6. 7. Outsiders picking up style without substance 8. How outsiders superimpose their own philosophies in examining cultures other than their own 9. Folk/Ethnic 10. Importance of appreciating one's own tradition 11. 12. 13.