| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 407 pages) : illustrations. |
| Summary |
"How do culture workers construct public arts and culture projects that are effective and transformative? How do we create public humanities projects of the community, for the community, and with the community? How can culture work make a concrete difference in the quality of life for communities, and lead to the creation of a more just world? Why do the public humanities matter? Culture Work explores these questions through real-world examples of cultural and public humanities projects. The innovative case studies analyzed in the book demonstrate the vast numbers of creative possibilities in culture work today--in all their complexities, challenges, and potentialities. Thematically arranged chapters embody the interconnected aspects of culture work, from amplifying local voices to galvanizing community from within, from preservation of cultural knowledge to its creative repurposing for a desired future. These inventive projects provide concrete examples and accessible theory grounded in practice, encourage readers to embark on their own public culture work, and create new forward-looking inspiration for community leaders and scholars in the field."--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Public Folklore, Cultural Equity, and the Wisconsin Idea of Folklore -- From a Potato Hole, Part 2: Collaboration, Repatriation, and Cultural Equity / James P. Leary -- The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships: A Reflection on the Roots and Impact of a National Cultural Heritage Honorific Program / Cheryl T. Schiele -- The Lion's Side: DiscoverME/RecoverME and the Utilization of Storytelling for Emotional Transformation / David Olawuyi Fakunle -- Notes from the Field: Activism, Folklore Research, and Human Rights on the South Carolina Sea Islands in the 1960s / Mary Twining Baird -- Prison Landscapes and the Wisconsin Idea: Shaping the Study of a Public Occupational Culture / Claire Schmidt -- Revitalizing Franco-American Song / Carmen Bombardier, Kim Chase, Robert Desrosiers, Andy Kolovos, Lisa Ornstein -- Part 2. Beyond Preservation and Conservation -- Securing a Future for the Nation's Folklore Documentation Heyday / Nicole Saylor -- Collections: Opportunities and Responsibilities / Terri Van Orman -- "We Have All Been Neighbors Here": Preservation, Access, and Engagement with the Arnold Munkel Collection / Nathan D. Gibson and Anna Rue -- Running the Show: Documenting and Exhibiting Wisconsin Folk Art / Robert T. Teske -- The Bobbing Boat: Lasting Impressions, Rejuvenated Memories, and Intriguing Prospects / Janet C. Gilmore -- The Smithsonian Folklife Festival Model as Transferable Technology for Cultural Heritage Craft Tourism in Local Museums / Diana Baird N'Diaye -- Part 3. Amplifying Local Voices -- Songs of the Finnish Migration: Amplification and Revitalization / Thomas A. DuBois and B. Marcus Cederström -- The Down Home Dairyland Story / Richard March -- Then and Now: Public Folklore and the Folklorist in Missouri / Lisa L. Higgins -- Applying Ethnicity: The Case of Olga Edseth's Hot Pink Rosemaled Pumps in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin / Jared L. Schmidt -- "Let the Blood Roses Grow": Workers' Worldviews in the Music of Oren Tikkanen / Hilary-Joy Virtanen -- Part 5. Creating Community -- Stacking Brooms: Curling Camaraderie and Folklore in a Time of Transition / Anne Pryor -- "We Wanted to Save Something While There Was Still Something Left": Restoration and Cultural Maintenance at The Oulu Cultural and Heritage Center / Mirva Johnson -- "A Growing Art": Traditional Arts and Heritage Rediscovery in Northern Minnesota Scandinavian Communities / Sallie Anna Steiner -- The Art of Survival on the Iron Range: Economic Strategies after the Iron Is Gone / Rhonda R. Dass -- A Fish Sandwich for All / Yvonne R. Lockwood -- Grocery Stores as Sites for the Study of Material Communication: Ethnographic Guidelines / Ayako Yoshimura -- Part 5. Engaging with the Past -- "The Wisconsin Historical Society Gave Me Your Name": Doing Out-(and In-)reach on Campus, in Wisconsin, and Beyond / Troy Reeves -- Shoemaker, Frey, and Yoder and the Pennsylvania Dutch Idea / Mark L. Louden -- Finding Tradition in the Archives: Craft as Research and Research as Craft / Rebecca J. Keyel -- Hoaxes, History, Legends, and the Circulation of Stories: The Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin's Petrified French Explorer / Jennifer Gipson -- Re-animating the Past: Traveling through Michigan with Alan Lomax's 1938 Films / Guha Shankar -- Translating Context with Digital Media in Medieval Icelandic Literature: Hrafnkels saga and the eSaga Project / Colin Gioia Connors -- Part 6. Creating the Future Out of the Past -- "I Need to Make a Dollar": On the Road with Working-Class Protest Songs / Bucky Halker -- A Business Model for Folklore: Profitable, Wholehearted, and Cinematic / Jamie Yuenger -- "Did Ole Really Say That?" Linguistics, Folklore, and Heritage Languages / Joseph Salmons -- "Este Lugar Tiene Muchas Historias": Alternative Forms of Archiving and Community Engagement in Oaxaca, Mexico / Hilary Morgan V. Leathem -- Haunting Acknowledgment: Archiving Women's March Folklore and the Political Potential of Care Ethics / Christine Garlough. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public folklore.
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Public folklore -- Wisconsin.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General |
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Public folklore |
| Added Author |
Frandy, Tim, editor.
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Cederström, B. Marcus, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Culture work. Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, 2022 9780299338206 (DLC) 2021054502 (OCoLC)1289616591 |
| ISBN |
0299338231 |
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9780299338237 (electronic bk.) |
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0299338207 |
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9780299338206 |
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