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Mutual Engagement, Co-creation, and Yielding Authority for Representation: Strategies and Practices

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ID2803979
AutoresRobert Baron (0000-0002-2784-1518, robert baron is Assistant Professor of Practice at Goucher College), Robert B Baron (0000-0001-7115-2667, Goucher College), Mary Hufford (mary hufford is Associate Director of The Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN)), Amy Shuman (amy shuman is Professor Emeritus of Folklore at The Ohio State University)
Ano2024
Volume137
Fascículo543
Páginas94-101
Data de publicação2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of American Folklore (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882
EditoraUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5406/15351882.137.543.08
OpenAlexW4392018600
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas7

Public folklore practice increasingly emphasizes enabling communities to shape and determine the direction of a project from inception through implementation. The "Mutual Engagement, Co-creation, and Yielding Authority for Representation: Strategies and Practices" salons, organized by the Fellows of the American Folklore Society, explored how folklorists are sharing and yielding authority with community members, with an overarching objective of decentralizing power structures. They stressed the importance of recognizing that communities are not monolithic, containing differential perspectives, conflicting agendas, and internal hierarchies. Participants called for equity in planning and payment for project partners. They spoke about the role that folklorists can play in establishing networks among various stakeholders. Discussions embodied realistic understanding of the constraints of the institutions where folklorists work, while considering strategies for productively overcoming these limitations

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