#Folklorists! Deadline is fast approaching on the CfP for The #Folklore Society's conference on 'Folklore and the Senses', Cork, 20-22 June

https://folklore-society.com/blog-post/folklore-and-the-senses-call-for-papers-2/

Delighted that this is now published (open access) in TFH: The Journal of Folklore and History. It started life as a 90th birthday present for the great Jacqueline Simpson, and hopefully hasn't lost too much of the spirit that motivated it in the first place.

https://journals.psu.edu/folklorehistorian/article/view/17/17

#folklore #folklorists #folkloristics #FolkloreSociety @folklore

For #StoryTellers & #Folklorists of all disciplines and backgrounds: I think this is new, but seems promising.

I hope it turns into something useful for you! 😃

https://cambridgefairytalenetwork.wordpress.com/

#FairyTales #Academic #Research #StoryTelling #StoryTeller #Folklore #Mythology

📢#OutNow in #OA: 'Play in a #Covid Frame: Everyday #Pandemic #Creativity in a Time of #Isolation', edited by Anna Beresin and Julia Bishop.

During the international #coronavirus #lockdowns of 2020–2021, millions of children, youth, and adults found their usual play areas out of bounds and their friends out of reach.

How did the #pandemic restrict everyday play and how did the pandemic offer new spaces and new content? This unique collection of essays documents the ways in which #communities around the world harnessed play within the limiting frame of #COVID19

#Folklorists Anna Beresin and Julia Bishop adopt a multidisciplinary approach to this phenomenon, bringing together the insights of a #geographically and #demographically diverse range of #scholars, #practitioners, and #community #activists.

Access this OA title for free or get a hard copy at https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0326

Really sorry to see that Dan Ben-Amos has died.

https://americanfolkloresociety.org/dan-ben-amos-1934-2023/

#folklore #folklorists @folklore

Here's a quick vid reframing Atlantic Ocean pirates + sea shanties

https://youtu.be/9atKAxYbHdA

#AgeofSail
#Songwriting
#diversity
#PopularMusic
#Work
#Navy
#WorkSongs
#Ballads
#BlackAtlantic
#Rhythm
#PBSOrigins
#RogueHistory
#OurFlagMeansDeath
#History
#outlaws
#Histodon
#CallAndResponse
#Pirates
#Musicology
#OralTradition
#Folklorists
#kidnapping
#media
#antiphony
#sailors
#SeaShanties #Shanties
#European #African #Cargo #Collabs #GoingViral
#Multicultural
#EnglishSpeakers

Hey #folklore peeps, I thought I'd have another go at searching out some of the #academic #folklorist types who tried to follow me when this instance had its little glitch a while back, as well as other lovely #folklorists who may have arrived here since.

Hit me up with suggestions...

@folklore @folklorethursday

I've pinned and reboosted my #introduction, but I thought I'd have another bash round the potted summary of hashtags as I try to reconnect with stuff lost in the past few days.

#folklore is pretty much the most important to me - I'm an #academic #folklorist, do #fieldwork, think & write about #folkloristics, and really really REALLY like hanging out with/listening to other #folklorists.

I started off with #folk, #folksong, #folkmusic, ended up doing a PhD on #ghostlore #ghosts #ghost but love/am interested in all sorts of stuff, like #cannibalism, #rats, #folkhorror

Other important things:
#surrealism #fantomas #Dowland #Classics #Berlioz

Live on #isleofwight, like at the end of Day of the Triffids.