American Folklore Society Conference 2018 Annual Meeting
Sponsored by the AFS Cultural Diversity Committee, the AFS Local Planning Committee, the New York Folklore Society, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
October 17, 2018 – October 20, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm
This year, BAC Folk Arts Society will travel to Buffalo to present a forum at the American Folklore Society Conference. Based on the conference theme No Illusions, No Exclusions, the forum will advocate a rethinking of public folklore and its purposes by giving artists a voice in this meeting, Your Illusions, Our Exclusions. It will address the ways that Brooklyn has served as a center of fieldwork and research at the same time that traditions and tradition bearers see an uncertain future. The forum will be an opportunity for Brooklyn traditional bearers and cultural advocates to discuss being misunderstood, ignored, self or other-imposed exclusions within and concerning performance, maintenance and preservation of traditions in ultra-urban, ultra-diverse NYC.
Chairs
Christopher Mulé
Dr. Rosalind "Rose" October-Edun
Discussant
Dr. Kay Turner
Forum Participants
Victor Sirelson
Esraa Warda
Shahid Khan
Chief Baba Neil Clarke
Aeilushi Mistry
Sponsored by the AFS Cultural Diversity Committee, the AFS Local Planning Committee, the New York Folklore Society, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
This forum is made possible by significant financial support from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York Folklore Society.
Your Illusions, Our Exclusions: Giving Artists a Voice to Rethink Public Sector Folklore