Won't You Help to Sing These Songs of Freedom

Sharing Authority, Co-curation, and Supporting Community-Driven Heritage Work

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ID2769583
AuthorsDiana Baird N''Diaye (DianaBairdN'DiayeIsACulturalHeritageSpecialistAndSeniorFolklifeCuratorAtTheSmithsonianCenterForFolklifeAndCulturalHeritage), Diana Baird N’diaye (Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, corresponding author), Diana Baird N'Diaye (diana baird n'diaye is a Cultural Heritage Specialist and Senior Folklife Curator at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage)
Year2024
Volume137
Issue543
Pages23-31
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of American Folklore (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5406/15351882.137.543.03
OpenAlexW4392015892
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

Folklorists should enable communities to research and represent their culture on their own terms through yielding authority and facilitating their investigation of the community's own heritage. Community scholar programs in the United States provide training in research, interpretation, and methods of representation. The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage has carried out community-driven heritage programs in tourism, curriculum development, and the research and presentation of personal adornment. This liberatory, community-centered heritage work contrasts with some conventional approaches of cultural workers that reinforce colonialist and racist structures and the abuse of heritage by racist extremists

Sociology · Work (physics) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Engineering · Mechanical Engineering · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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