Wild Grasses and New Arks: Transformative Potential in Applied and Public Folklore

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Abstract This article concerns the possibilities for developing a public folklore practice concerned with social transformation. Using basketry as an extended metaphor for the complexity of the artistic process and the ways folklorists and artists can collaborate and interact, the article is divided into two sections. In the first, several examples are offered from the author’s fieldwork with immigrants, prisoners, and internal migrants, discussing the social functions that basket weaving serves in various communities. The second section outlines the different types of social change that the arts can bring about through collaborative efforts, from individuals and small communities to society at large.

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