Category: Folklore foundations
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Material culture
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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What is folklore?
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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More folklore foundations
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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Folklore – what is (and isn’t) it?
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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Post the first
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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