- Alex Prior - the precocious teenage conductor of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra - has more than a passing interest in American and Slavic folklore.
- Alan Jabbour - folklorist and fiddler!
- Songs and folk art about Dock Ellis - Pirates pitcher who once threw a no-hitter while tripping his balls off on LSD.
- Indigenous Studies Portal Research Tool has many folklore links.
- A pair of articles that argue for the influence of African-American folklore on hip-hop; to continue how about some more articles on how hip-hop is folklore.
- Great blogpost by Dusk in Autumn about the lack of contemporary kissing games among the youths of America.
- The wit and witticism of Alan Dundes.
- Speaking of Alan Dundes - there are a bunch of YouTubes of the professor! Here's him talking about folk history.
- The Folklore Society is seeking help in transcribing The Ordish Archive.
- Folk Computing! This article makes me happy.
- This page needs some cleaning up, but here is an article on folklore at the Smithsonian.
- I have no idea what this is from, but it is endlessly intriguing.
- Oh, this is right up the alley of some people I know!
- Editor's preface to the collection of Indian tales "A Flowering Tree."
- The Anthropology Song - a funny song about coming out as an anthropologist. We are all deeply in love with Malinowski!
- Karen Chace, whose blog that I am now following, has a post about storytelling on the Intranets.
- A Russian folklorist has gotten himself into some trouble with J.K. Rowling's lawyer for his book "Tanya Grotter and the Magic Doublebass."
- Birds in Russian folklore.
- A shout-out to Perk!
- What is it with White Supremacists and slavic folklore?
January 21, 2010
Another Week, Another Roundup of the Foklore-a-verse
Between holding down a real job and keeping abreast of the late-night wars, I am only able to devote a few hours a week to reading about folklore. Here are the updates of what has come across my browser this week:
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Hi Franz,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out. Just an FYI, my last name is spelled Chace, there is no 's' in my last name.
Love your blog!
Karen
Thank you Karen - I have corrected my error!
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