[Air-l] CMC and Folklore

[Zilia C. Estrada]

Folklore is a lot 'bigger' than is often conceptualized. Take a look
at the broad range of work done by one of the contemporary leaders in
the field, Alan Dundes, for example, under the folklore umbrella. His
work included studies of national character, ethnic slurs, and more.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3732/is_200410/ai_n15846386
A brief overview of Dundes' work. (He died last year.)

It does not have to be vernacular or "traditional" to allow for study
under a folklore framework. Dundes was the one who posited that any
two individuals could be identified as a group--and that anything that
went on particular to that group was game for folklore studies. From
that angle, AoIR could be constructed as a folk group with its own set
of practices and identifications--which could be explored using CMC
techniques. The field is wide open.

Zilia


-- 
Zilia C. Estrada
Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University, Bloomington
zestrada at indiana.edu



On 11/6/06, RGH <rgh at rghoward.com> wrote:
> What happens if you start to shift the "folklore and CMC" to
> "vernacular media" or "everyday media use" or "traditional expression
> in CMC"?  Would other stuff come into the sphere?
>
> Rob
>
> >digital ethnography, transcri[bed,ption] oral histories, digital mythology
> >.... ;)
> >
> >i'm sure there are several other plausible reference points that listies
> >can throw out to help.... listies, what say you?
> >
> >--elijah
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, sigalz at shaw.ca wrote:
> >
> >>  Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:46:45 -0700
> >>  From: sigalz at shaw.ca
> >>  Reply-To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> >>  To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> >>  Subject: Re: [Air-l] CMC and Folklore
> >>
> >>
> >>  hello,
> >>
> >>  What other key words would you use other than: CMC + Folklore?
> >>
> >>  Sigalit
> >>
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