Our storytelling circle started as a way to keep our cultural traditions alive for our kids, but we're realizing that some of us learned very different versions of the same stories and now there's this unspoken tension about whose version is 'right' and whether we should standardize them or let them stay varied.
More people experience this than they realize.
Multiple carriers of oral tradition discover their variations create competing claims to authenticity that threaten group cohesion.
“Where Are You with Oral tradition and knowledge without text?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.