Folklore Fellows

Summer School 2020

Folklore Fellows’ Summer School 2020 is now welcoming applications! Please spread the word!

http://www.folklorefellows.fi/summer-school-2020/

The Violence of Traditions and the Traditions of Violence. The 10th Folklore Fellows’ Summer School will be hosted by the School of Humanities at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), 17–23 August 2020. The theme focuses on an essentially important field of research in folklore study: the... ... See more

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FFC 316

Now out: "Folkloristics in the Digital Age", eds. Pekka Hakamies & Anne Heimo.

Please visit our website and read the Introduction on-line!

"The internet has not diminished people’s need to belong to communities or to communicate. If anything, the many different social media services allow this to take place all the more easily. A sense of belonging may be announced by liking, clicking or sharing photos, music or memes." ... See more

Folkloristics in the Digital Age Eds. Pekka Hakamies and Anne Heimo.   Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Folklore Fellows’ Communications 316 Tallinn 2019, 181 pp. ISBN 978-951-41-1126-6 Available at the Tiedekirja bookstore. Folklorists are not only interested in old or even dying traditions. They have.... ... See more

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You can now read the "Introduction" chapters of the latest FFC volumes on-line!

Summer School 2020

Folklore Fellows' Summer School 2020 is announced: The Violence of Traditions and the Traditions of Violence.

http://www.folklorefellows.fi/summer-school-2020/

The Violence of Traditions and the Traditions of Violence. The 10th Folklore Fellows’ Summer School will be hosted by the School of Humanities at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), 17–23 August 2020. The theme focuses on an essentially important field of research in folklore study: the... ... See more

Breaking news: The American Folklore Society's Archives & Libraries Section has awarded "Visions and Traditions. Knowledge Production and Tradition Archives" (eds. Lauri Harvilahti, Audun Kjus, Clíona O'Carrol, Suzanne Österlund-Pötzsch, Fredrik Skott, and Rita Treija) with the 2018 Brenda McCallum Prize!

"Committee members -- saw the work as propelling folklore archives into the modern era of disciplinary shifts by claiming a firm foothold in academic conversations accessible to archivists, folklorists, and folklore-archivists."

– American Folklore Society / Archives & Libraries Section Prize Committee

Read more at http://www.folklorefellows.fi/ffc-315/ ... See more

FFN 52

Issue 52 of the Folklore Fellows' Network is out. Read the editorial farewell of prof. emer. Pekka Hakamies, learn about video game studies from Dr. Jukka Vahlo, and get first impressions of the Folklore Fellows' Summer School of 2020, by prof. Pertti Anttonen!

http://www.folklorefellows.fi/ffn-52/ ... See more

Contact Information

Dear Readers, we've been having problems with our email, and I don't know for how long – the problem was just brought to my attention this week. So if you have tried to contact us via "secretary (at) folklorefellows . fi", the emain has unfortunately not reached us.

I have just updated our emails here: http://www.folklorefellows.fi/contact-information/

If you'd like to receive our email-newsletter and haven't subscribed to it yet, please do! There's one more to come this year. Soon.

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Chairperson Pekka Hakamies pekhak@utu.fi Editor Frog mr.frog@helsinki.fi Editorial secretary Petja Kauppi folklorefellows.petja@gmail.com   Bookstore Tiedekirja. Do you wish to purchase a book published in the FFC series? Please contact bookstore Tiedekirja. Tel. +358 (9) 635 177 Email... ... See more