I really enjoy reading everyone's Blogs and all the comments left for me on mine. Blogs are awesome for journal writing and reflecting.
Class Wednesday was interesting and easier for me to understand. Maybe I'm finally getting some of the background knowledge I need to build from. One thing that sometimes throws me though is when other folklorists are mentioned in discussion. Many of them I am unfamiliar with.
There is a new one I will recognize now, Dan Ben-Amos. It's kind of weird that tonight I ran across his name mentioned in one of my resources for the bibliography. It felt familiar.
I found it interesting to learn about changing times in folk studies and how the "Young Turks" were questioning the old beliefs and definitions of folklorists. Every discipline needs a shake up to grow and expand I think. It made sense to me that these young students and folklorists needed more than the "stuff" only found in text. How can you separate cultural aspects from folklore? I am very performance focused because the folklore I hold dear to and identify myself with is very meaningful to me due to the culture and background involved. It's the process, not just "things". That's a line I have in my notes, and I like thinking about this view.
Class Wednesday was interesting and easier for me to understand. Maybe I'm finally getting some of the background knowledge I need to build from. One thing that sometimes throws me though is when other folklorists are mentioned in discussion. Many of them I am unfamiliar with.
There is a new one I will recognize now, Dan Ben-Amos. It's kind of weird that tonight I ran across his name mentioned in one of my resources for the bibliography. It felt familiar.
I found it interesting to learn about changing times in folk studies and how the "Young Turks" were questioning the old beliefs and definitions of folklorists. Every discipline needs a shake up to grow and expand I think. It made sense to me that these young students and folklorists needed more than the "stuff" only found in text. How can you separate cultural aspects from folklore? I am very performance focused because the folklore I hold dear to and identify myself with is very meaningful to me due to the culture and background involved. It's the process, not just "things". That's a line I have in my notes, and I like thinking about this view.
posted by Amy Noble at
8:46 PM
1 Comments:
Wonderful post. Your feelings about unfamiliar names are understandable. Most of the new students feel much the same, except they usually have more readings in other classes that bring the names up more frequently.
Yup. Folklore is a process—a communicative process—and the artifacts/manifestations of that communication cannot be separated from the culture in which they occur.
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