Evaluating Public Folklore: Examining the Impact and Evaluating Projects
ay in herHistorically, there was a tension between “pure research” and “applied practice”. Sixty years ago, folklorist Richard Dorson (1950) famously dubbed public folklore as “fakelore” participating in heated debates over public folklore and its place. It divided theory and practice and the connection between the two (Baron, 1992, p.309). Dorson directed his criticism … Read more