Salons 5: Anticipatory Heritage

The “Anticipatory Heritage” salons, organized by the Fellows of the American Folklore Society, considered how the heritage of the present can be employed proactively to create more just and humane futures. Participants discussed approaches for re-animating and revitalizing traditions through incorpo...

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Published in:The Journal of American folklore 2024, Vol.137 (543), p.128-138
Main Authors: Baron, Robert, Hufford, Mary, Shuman, Amy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black Lives Matter movement
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cultural heritage
Documentation
Folklore
Folklorists
Memorials & monuments
Minority & ethnic groups
Museums
Narratives
Pandemics
Repatriation
Social justice
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Summary:The “Anticipatory Heritage” salons, organized by the Fellows of the American Folklore Society, considered how the heritage of the present can be employed proactively to create more just and humane futures. Participants discussed approaches for re-animating and revitalizing traditions through incorporating them integrally within community life. They include repatriation and training in archival and collecting practices that empower communities. While folklore has emphasized safeguarding traditions transmitted over generations, anticipatory heritage contends that looking to the future is also needed to advance social justice, heal through remembrance, and generate greater community cultural self-determination. As was the case for participants in all of the salons, these discussions stressed the importance of a critical approach toward heritage, including interrogating who controls heritage-making and, at times, questioned the term “heritage” itself.
ISSN:0021-8715
1535-1882
DOI:10.5406/15351882.137.543.12