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  2. Folklore studies - Wikipedia

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    Front cover of Folklore: "He loses his hat: Judith Philips riding a man", from: The Brideling, Sadling, and Ryding, of a rich Churle in Hampshire (1595). Folklore studies (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK) [1] is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore.

  3. American Folklore Society - Wikipedia

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    The American Folklore Society (AFS) is the United States (US)-based professional association for folklorists, with members from the US, Canada, and around the world, which aims to encourage research, aid in disseminating that research, promote the responsible application of that research, publish various forms of publications, advocate for the continued study and teaching of folklore, etc. [1 ...

  4. Category:Folklorists - Wikipedia

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    Jewish folklorists (18 P) + Women folklorists (35 C, 20 P) F. Fairy tale scholars (14 P) Folk-song collectors (2 C, 13 P) Folklore writers (1 C, 35 P) G. Brothers ...

  5. Category:American folklorists - Wikipedia

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    B. Barbara A. Babcock (folklorist) Camille Bacon-Smith; Ronald L. Baker; Betsy Bang; Mary Elizabeth Barnicle; William Bascom; Richard Bauman; Clara Kern Bayliss

  6. Concepts in folk art - Wikipedia

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    The new vocabulary of performance and context transformed folklore into actions and redefined the job of folklorists. [21] This dramatic shift in focus can be seen in multiple studies. Henry Glassie exhorts his readers to "Begin not with the artifacts that are precious because we covet them, but with a human being in the instance of creation."

  7. Folklorism - Wikipedia

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    Folklorism or folklorismus is a concept of folklore transmission developed by Hans Moser and, separately, Viktor Gusev. [1] It can be defined neutrally, for example "The innovative and often commercial use of folk materials such as costumes, folk songs, folktales, proverbs, and so forth, outside their traditional contexts", [2] or more pejoratively, for example as "spurious and misleading ...

  8. American Folklife Center - Wikipedia

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    The 20th century has been called the age of documentation. Folklorists and other ethnographers have taken advantage of each succeeding technology, from Thomas Edison's wax-cylinder recording machine (invented in 1877) to the latest digital audio equipment, to record the voices and music of many regional, ethnic, and cultural groups in the United States and around the world.

  9. Applied folklore - Wikipedia

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    Applied folklore is the branch of folkloristics concerned with the study and use of folklore and traditional cultural materials to address or solve real social problems. The term was coined in 1939 in a talk by folklorist Benjamin A. Botkin who, along with Alan Lomax, became the foremost proponent of this approach over the next thirty years.

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