This also got stuck in jiscmail
Let me comment on it at the same time - Helen says that the appearance of
authenticity is what matters. My question is: how do you isolate the
qualities of the appearance of authenticity? My question is not whether
something is authentic, but what makes it seem so?
sue
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From: "Whitehead, Helen" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 13:44:52 +0100
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Subject: RE: [WDL] Authenticity
I don't think you can prove the voices are authentic - but I also don't
think you should have to. The voices communicate a lot about the state of
the individual and society, whether they are true or not. Rebecca O'Rourke
talked about this last autumn at the NAWE conference on Voice, in the
context of Tim Wright's In Search of Oldton (also a trAce project). He says
it's a 90% true story - some may think it's rather less true - but it
doesn't matter. It does not denigrate the fully true narratives which it
incorporates (the project includes stories collected by Tim from other
people) by putting them in company with meaningful narratives that may not
be "true". This is the case for all of these projects. We learn as much
from fiction as from fact.
Truth is invariably embellished. Identity is always negotiable: the
appearance of authenticity is all that matters.
Helen
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