![]() The general form, function, and purpose stays the same regardless of alterations in things like size. ![]() If I were to use this to hypothetically understand the objects I am working with, I could argue that the needles and the sail are folk objects. Form is arguably the most important as it is “the most persistent, the least changing of an objects components” meaning that no matter what, the general primary and secondary characteristics that make up the object will ultimately be static or consistent (Glassie, 8). Glassie addresses that there are ways to determine whether or not an object can be described as folk based on a number of components such as form, construction, and use. Folk objects center around tradition rather than innovation. ![]() Folk objects have a set of specific rules and understandings such as “the tradition out of which it is produced cannot be part of the popular (mass, normative) or academic (elite, progressive) cultures of the greater society with which the object’s maker has had contact, and as a member of which he may function” (Glassie, 5). ![]() ![]() The first reading, a brief selection from Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States by Henry Glassie focuses on attaining an understanding of folk objects. The readings this week dealt with understanding the meaning of objects and the culture surrounding them. ![]()
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