The first book of its kind, Putting Folklore to Use provides
guidance to folklorists but also informs practitioners in other
fields about how to use folklore studies to augment their own
studies. How can acting like a folklore fieldworker help a teacher
reduce inter-group stereotyping and increase student's self-esteem?
How can adopting a folklore fieldworker's point of view when
interviewing patients help practitioners render health care more
effectively? How can using folklore research help rural communities
survive and thrive?
Thirteen folklorists provide answers to these and other
questions and demonstrate the many ways folklore can be put to use.
Their essays, commissioned for this volume and edited by Michael
Owen Jones, apply the methods and insights of modern folklore
research to thirteen different professions and areas of practical
concern. The authors, all of whom have themselves put folklore to
use in the fields they describe, consider applications in detail
and explain how folkloristic concepts and techniques can enhance
the work of various professions. They explore applications in such
areas as museums, aiding the homeless, environmental planning, art
therapy, designing public spaces, organization development,
tourism, the public sector, aging, and creating an occupation's
image.
In an extensive introduction to the volume, Jones provides an
overview of applied folkloristics that defines the field, surveys
its history in the United States, and scrutinizes its basic issues
and premises. Part I of the book shows how to promote learning,
problem solving, and cultural conservation through folklore and its
study. Part II deals with folklorists helping to improve the
quality of life. Part III reveals folklore's role in enhancing
identity and community.
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