Colleen
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Happy snow day everyone. The weather here is wild. We went from feeling like we weren’t going to have winter to having winter land all in one day. I wanted to touch on something I’ve seen a bit lately and that’s the issue of credentialing vs the issue of gnosis, vernacular religion, and ways of…
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Did you know that an LYS in Minnesota has drawn on the history of Nordic resistance to the Nazis by creating/re-creating the resistance cap knit back then? Well they have and you too should buy this pattern: Some history can be found here. Solidarity with those protesting. And while we’re busy watching the chaos unfold…
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You are very welcome, I am so glad we’re here together. It’s been a long hiatus and a change of direction but, that’s the way things roll. I had considered archiving or deleting the previous blog posts but, the more I thought about (and checked in with others), the more I realised that it gives…
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Good morning Gentle Reader, I hope you’re well wherever you are. I wanted to take some time to explain some of the terms we routinely use in folklore (also in adjacent fields such as anthropology and archeology). One of my faves is material culture, especially textiles but also more ephemeral aspects such as food (and…
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So, Gentle Reader, it’s been a minute since I was last here. I have been working on far too many things to keep up here. I am sorry about that. I will have this summer and fall off from teaching but I will still be researching so, why not dust this off as well? I…
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Good day all! I realise that I started talking about the foundation of folklore but kind of got off course. This post is my course correction to get us back on track (good thing I’m the only one grading me right now). So to recap: we have talked about the origins of folklore and what…
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Good morning all, I thought it time to dive into one of my favourite topics: unconventional spiritualities. I suspect this will be a series of posts, I cannot imagine how I could keep it to one that was readable. So, I’ll start with how I moved into theological studies (from social work – not an…
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Dear Reader, Welcome back! I thought I’d share a bit about my folklore training and how the term came to be. Although I was trained by a Slavic folklorist, my folklore training/experience is really rooted in the Irish tradition and informed by the English (and of course, the Scandinavian, which all Irish folklore is). Now,…
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Dear Reader, Welcome back. I am so glad you’re here. I thought the most logical place to start was with folklore proper. I get so many questions about what it is (and isn’t) that, well… here we are. If I’m honest, there are some people who trying to folklore-splain to me so, we might as…
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Dear Reader, I hope this note finds you well. I know we all say that (it’s part of folklore and I will explain why some day down the road) but I also do hope you are well. These are actually unprecedented times and I hope wherever you are and whatever you’re doing, you are doing…
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