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@indiana.edu On 11/6/06, RGH <rgh@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@shaw.ca wrote:
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:46:45 -0700 From: sigalz@shaw.ca Reply-To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org To: air-l@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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