Kelley Dianne Totten
Biographic Data
| ID | 3790020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelley Dianne Totten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelley Dianne |
| FAMILY NAME | Totten |
| SIGNATURE | TOTTEN K D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Research and Reconciliation
“What is research, who is it for, and who gets to do it?” These are the challenges posed in the introduction to this excellent volume, edited by Shawn Wilson (Opaskwayak Cree), Andrea V. Breen (White settler), and Lindsay DuPré (Métis), which considers research methods and approaches in the context of Canada's 2016 Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its calls to action. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's mandate has created policies a…
Craft Knowledge and Performance Through Fiber Arts at the John C. Campbell Folk School
In this essay, I examine craft and its power through the lens of folklore studies, applying performance theory to ethnographic research gathered on craft at the John C. Campbell Folk School, a US-based site of dynamic craft education. Craft is object and action. Continually created by makers, users, and viewers, craft’s meanings emerge in interaction. Considering craft through a performance framework, four currents emerged from my ethnographic re…
Quilts and Human Rights
Book Review| January 01 2019 Quilts and Human Rights Quilts and Human Rights. By Marsha MacDowell, Mary Worrall, Lynne Swanson, and Beth Donaldson; foreword by Desmond Tutu. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016. Pp. Kelley Dianne Totten Kelley Dianne Totten Memorial University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2019) 132 (523): 82–84. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.132.523.0082 Cite…
(Hand)Made in America
Analyzing a Ford Motor Company advertisement that nods to a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) subculture, this essay explores how the 'handmade' gets valued and defined in the context of mass culture. I offer a reading of the advertisement in the context of contemporary marketing trends to consider how ideas of mass culture, counterculture, and traditional culture shape ideas of fabricated objects. The idea of the factory-produced Ford is not in contrast to t…
(Hand)Made in America
Analyzing a Ford Motor Company advertisement that nods to a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) subculture, this essay explores how the 'handmade' gets valued and defined in the context of mass culture. I offer a reading of the advertisement in the context of contemporary marketing trends to consider how ideas of mass culture, counterculture, and traditional culture shape ideas of fabricated objects. The idea of the factory-produced Ford is not in contrast to t…
(Hand)Made in America
Analyzing a Ford Motor Company advertisement that nods to a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) subculture, this essay explores how the 'handmade' gets valued and defined in the context of mass culture. I offer a reading of the advertisement in the context of contemporary marketing trends to consider how ideas of mass culture, counterculture, and traditional culture shape ideas of fabricated objects. The idea of the factory-produced Ford is not in contrast to t…
Quilts and Human Rights
Book Review| January 01 2019 Quilts and Human Rights Quilts and Human Rights. By Marsha MacDowell, Mary Worrall, Lynne Swanson, and Beth Donaldson; foreword by Desmond Tutu. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016. Pp. Kelley Dianne Totten Kelley Dianne Totten Memorial University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2019) 132 (523): 82–84. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.132.523.0082 Cite…
Craft Knowledge and Performance Through Fiber Arts at the John C. Campbell Folk School
In this essay, I examine craft and its power through the lens of folklore studies, applying performance theory to ethnographic research gathered on craft at the John C. Campbell Folk School, a US-based site of dynamic craft education. Craft is object and action. Continually created by makers, users, and viewers, craft’s meanings emerge in interaction. Considering craft through a performance framework, four currents emerged from my ethnographic re…
Research and Reconciliation
“What is research, who is it for, and who gets to do it?” These are the challenges posed in the introduction to this excellent volume, edited by Shawn Wilson (Opaskwayak Cree), Andrea V. Breen (White settler), and Lindsay DuPré (Métis), which considers research methods and approaches in the context of Canada's 2016 Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its calls to action. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's mandate has created policies a…
Art (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Advertising (1 work)