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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Hello, I apologize for my questions, and I appreciate your help very much. Would it be possible to hear your opinion regarding some of my dilemmas? What is an "online folklore" "web folklore" (Weblore? - do you think this term is adequate?). Is any social "gathering" can be defined as "lore"? What type of interaction such gathering has to create in order to become "folk"? If this social gathering can actually be defined as "folk" are they doing "lore"? (In that case, the online folklore categories are many?!) Thank you very much, Sigalit
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Hello, I apologize for my questions, and I appreciate your help very much. Would it be possible to hear your opinion regarding some of my dilemmas? What is an "online folklore" "web folklore" (Weblore? - do you think this term is adequate?). Is any social "gathering" can be defined as "FOLK"? What type of interaction such gathering has to create in order to become "folk"? If this social gathering can actually be defined as "folk" are they doing "lore"? (In that case, the online folklore categories are many?!) Thank you very much, Sigalit
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Sigalit: You are asking key questions I think about what the term "folklore" covers--and that can be a thorny issue. For an easy but well documented intro. to many of the issues in the field, I recommend: Georges, Robert A. and Michael Owen Jones. Folkloristics: An Introduction. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1995. I teach that text in my mixed undergrad/grad "Folklore in a Digital Age Course" at UW Madison. Actually, the web site for that is: http://endnear.com/FLR560/FLR560sch.html There might be other useful stuff on that syllabus, but its old. I am teaching it again next semester--so I am (with you) searching for articles on the topic! Rob -- Robert Glenn Howard Assistant Professor Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin - Madison rgh@rghoward.com http://rghoward.com
Rob, Maybe this one might help: Moezzi, Mithra Mah. "Technology in a World of Folklore" PhD. Dissertation. Folklore and Culture dep. Berkeley 2004 Sigalit I will keep looking -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of RGH Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:25 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] CMC and Folklore Sigalit: You are asking key questions I think about what the term "folklore" covers--and that can be a thorny issue. For an easy but well documented intro. to many of the issues in the field, I recommend: Georges, Robert A. and Michael Owen Jones. Folkloristics: An Introduction. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1995. I teach that text in my mixed undergrad/grad "Folklore in a Digital Age Course" at UW Madison. Actually, the web site for that is: http://endnear.com/FLR560/FLR560sch.html There might be other useful stuff on that syllabus, but its old. I am teaching it again next semester--so I am (with you) searching for articles on the topic! Rob -- Robert Glenn Howard Assistant Professor Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin - Madison rgh@rghoward.com http://rghoward.com _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
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