Step 7 - Integrate and Celebrate for Continuity

Question 1

choose what to integrate and celebrate

Answer 1

o change happens constantly, so…
o encourage the community to make intentional creativity a habit
o encourage continuity in arts that make the most unique contributions to the kingdom of heaven
o encourage continuity in arts that are most fragile (on the margins)
o encourage continuity in arts that are most likely to flourish (strengthen the community through things that do really well)

Question 2

encourage continuity in arts that are most fragile (on the margins) source and content

Answer 2

Moseley (2010)—2,500 of 7,000 languages in one of five levels of endangerment—preserving the margins, where God’s image dwells as well

Question 3

act to keep good things going

Answer 3

o integrate—make artistic practice part of normal patterns of community life
o celebrate—present to officials, distribute recordings, celebrate publicly, enter contests

Question 4

act to keep good things going sources

Answer 4

Petersen (2010); Cooper (1989); Hill & Hill (2010); Dye (2009)

Question 5

Petersen (2010)

Answer 5

Status (steps 1-4)-Corpus (5-6)-Acquisition (7) development

Question 6

Cooper (1989)

Answer 6

primary academic resource on the topic

Question 7

Dye (2009)

Answer 7

1) appropriate language, dialect, orthography; (2) appropriate translation; (3) accessible forms of Scripture; (4) background knowledge of hearer; (5) availability; (6) spiritual hunger of community members; (7) freedom to commit to Christian faith; (8) partnership between translators and other stakeholders (Matt and Marcia Welser made a scale 0-blocked to 10-green light; put energies into lower numbers!)

Question 8

use planning method: RBM

Answer 8

o 1inputs—2activities—3outputs—4outcomes—5impact

Question 9

Use planning method: RBM sources

Answer 9

Baldwin (2000); LPMD Team (2010)

Question 10

Baldwin (2000)

Answer 10

stakeholders; goal; purpose; results chain (HOW 1-2; WHAT we want 3-4; WHY 5); performance indicators

Question 11

LPMD Team (2010)

Answer 11

observable, describable, measurable; looking for resulting behaviors; indicators point to info you need to determine what results the project is creating; can be neutral (facts); directional (increase/decrease); targeted (focusing on certain group/desired results)

Question 12

understand more about how continuity works

Answer 12

o good creativity spawns more creativity
o recurring events help
o artistry needs four conditions to be sustainable
o sustainability can be graded on a hopeful to hopeless scale [see also notes on this topic under Step 4C]
o know when to let go—take Sabbath rests!

Question 13

artistry needs four conditions to be sustainable - source and content

Answer 13

Lewis & Simons (2011)—four strong social dynamics for ongoing life of language/art form = FAME: function; acquisition; motivation; environment

Question 14

sustainability can be graded on a hopeful to hopeless scale sources

Answer 14

Coulter (2011); Fishman (1991); Simons and Lewis (2010); Harris (2012)

Question 15

Coulter (2011)

Answer 15

sustainability—language survey tools SEQ and RTT for GMSS, 8 steps, addition of “locked” (fixed repertoire for tourists—not everyday part of community)

Question 16

Fishman (1991)

Answer 16

GIDS (Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale)

Question 17

Simon and Lewis (2010)

Answer 17

EGIDS (Expanded GIDS)

Question 18

Harris (2012)

Answer 18

uses this scale with Sakha; developed decision tree with factors such as where, what, when, PPA (performers, performances, audience/appreciators) contexts as related to each level of the GMSS (Graded Music Shift Scale)