TY - JOUR
T1 - (Folk)life, interrupted
T2 - Challenges for fieldwork, empathy, and public discourse in the age of trump
AU - Buccitelli, Anthony Bak
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - This article argues that the political and social developments of the current American moment represent a crisis for folkloristics and other humanistic fields that goes well beyond pragmatic concerns. It makes the case that, in response, we must conduct (or reinvigorate) sustained conversations about how we as scholars of folk cultures should engage with our subjects and with the public more broadly.
AB - This article argues that the political and social developments of the current American moment represent a crisis for folkloristics and other humanistic fields that goes well beyond pragmatic concerns. It makes the case that, in response, we must conduct (or reinvigorate) sustained conversations about how we as scholars of folk cultures should engage with our subjects and with the public more broadly.
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U2 - 10.5406/jamerfolk.133.530.0412
DO - 10.5406/jamerfolk.133.530.0412
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85098665941
SN - 0021-8715
VL - 133
SP - 412
EP - 429
JO - Journal of American Folklore
JF - Journal of American Folklore
IS - 530
ER -