%0 Journal Article
%T What Might I Like My Kids to Learn about Life?: In Search of ¡°Tradition¡±
%A Anthony McCann
%J Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
%D 2010
%I University of Tartu, Estonian National Museum, Estonian Literary Museum
%X This personal exploration of ¡°tradition¡± started after my father died, an event which sparked a series of inner conversations about being a son, being a parent, and the learning that happens over generations. What do I mean by ¡°tradition¡±? What kinds of conversations would I like the term to open up for me? If I were to consider it as a signpost, what conversations, communities, and contexts might it point to? I work to clarify what ¡°tradition¡± can mean for me, outlining a wish-list of the aspects I would like my own understanding of ¡°tradition¡± to encompass. I highlight two common approaches to ¡°tradition¡± I would like to steer away from: ¡°tradition¡± as prescriptive-invariance, and ¡°tradition¡± as resource management. I offer a personal-is-political account of ¡°tradition¡± to open up analytic opportunities, as I seek to make more appropriate sense of learnings, relationships, and death.
%K tradition
%K learning
%K family
%K responsibility
%K death
%U http://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/7