Category: Theory
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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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Unconventional spiritualities: the beginning
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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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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