关键词：
Museums
public sector folklore
folklife
cultural institutions
cultural sustainability
摘要：
afs ethnographic thesaurus, Museums, public sector folklore, folklife, cultural institutions, cultural sustainabilityfolklore and museumshave had a long and intertwined history. Among those responsible for the founding of the American Folklore Society (AFS) in 1888 were museum-based anthropologists, curators, and collection managers. Since that time, folklorists have worked in and with museums in a variety of ways—work that has reflected intellectual and political shifts in folklore studies as well as changes in museum practice. As cultural heritage work in the twenty-first century seeks simultaneously to document, interpret, present, preserve, and protect tangible and intangible heritage while at the same time address the needs of civil society, the logical interfaces between folklore and museum work have *** an individual who has spent almost 40 years as a folklorist and museum professional, I have had many opportunities to reflect on that work and how it mirrors, supports, or even contests changes what I have seen in the fields of folklore and museum practice. I hope to elucidate some of my own reflections set in the context of a review of American folklore and museum professional practice since the late nineteenth century. My comments will also reflect the insights of a group of folklorists that I have interviewed over the past two years in preparation for this address; I am deeply indebted to them for the insights they have ***, this presentation will provide a brief history of the intersections of museum and folklore practice, highlight some of the significant global shifts in museum practice, examine some of the challenges and opportunities folklorists have encountered in museum practice, and finally suggest ways in which more[End Page 247]interaction between folklorists and museums can advance the respective work of each domain. I want to note that the emphasis in this paper will be on shifts in museum theory and practice and as well as
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