Folklore studies Puns

Has anyone done this course, if so can you describe it because I'm not exactly sure what it is. From the description I have read it sounds interesting but I want to know what I am getting myself into.

The description did not have a lot of information, that is why I am asking. Thanks.

A new cultural movement called Volkskunde which began in Germany as a result of Romanticism gaining traction in Europe between Late 18th Century to Early 19th Century was popularized by forerunners of European folklore studies such as Folklorist Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823-1897), Philosopher Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803), as well as Brüder Grimm. Later at the end of 19th Century, this young field of academia entered Japan as scholars such as Kunio Yanagita [柳田 國男] (1875-1962) who established Japan's very first Society of Folklore [民間伝承の会] in 1935 and Kumagusu Minataka [南方 熊楠] (1867-1941) paved the way to folkloristics becoming one of the most crucial academic area in Japan involving sociology, cultural anthropology, and ethnology that was eventually adopted by various, prestigious Japanese Universities such as Kokugaku-in University [國學院大學] and Seijō University [成城大学] after WWII as a part of their curriculum.¹ Even to this day, Japanese folkloristic stays relevant with academic disciplines constantly transforming as time progresses. On this post, we will discuss about the fundamentals in the disciplines and methodologies of modern Japanese folkloristics according to the presentation given via YouTube by Folklorist Prof. Takanori Shimamura [島村 恭則] from Tsukuba University [筑波大学].

Understanding the "vernacular":

The meaning of the character "zoku" [俗] in the Japanese word for folkloristics/folklore studies "Minzoku-gaku" [民俗学] is close to the English word "vernacular" though not exclusively focusing on linguistics, but also incorporating folk traditions. "Zoku"/"vernacular" in cultures, according to Prof. Shimamura, are defined as one or a combination of four attributes:

1. Things that doesn't abide with dominant power/authority. Such as Imperial Family or even the modern government of Japan.

2. Things that usually can't be rationalized according to the philosophical doctrines of Enlightenment. As the principal philosophy in Enlightenment, every aspects and phenomenon in Nature can be explained through logical and rational thinking with supporting empirical evidence. In "vernacular" however, there are some things that aren't scientifically or logically founded, but are instead based on superstition or beliefs such as origin legends of shrines/temples or folk medicines.

3. Things that can't be perceived as being "universal", "mainstream", and/or "central" by the majority. A great example of this in Japanese f

Because every appearance and every move these fascinating creatures make, my obsession with this beautiful cinematic horror monster series can't get enough of it.

Disclaimer: I don't own this podcast and am not paid to promote it. I just thought that this is an interesting dig on the folklore of kuntilanak / pontianak throughout South East Asia. Here's the episode. Included here are the history of kuntilanak, how a kuntilanak strikes, how to fight a kuntilanak, media of storytelling about kuntilanak / pontianak, and like every folklore, the alleged sightings of kuntilanak / pontianak. As part of SEA and its myths, legends, folklores, Indonesia plays a role in pontianak / kuntilanak legend too. Mentioned here are: why Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan is called that (min 03:25) and the story of Maria Menado, an Indonesian actress who became famous after playing the titular role in Pontianak.

To give you a complete breakdown of what this episode talks,

1. Min 03:00 : The History of kuntilanak / pontianak. Included here are: what kuntilanak actually is according to folklore and why Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan is called that.
2. Min 08:44 : How kuntilanak strikes
3. Min 13:49 : How to fight a kuntilanak
4. Min 20:05 = movies and other storytelling media about kuntilanak / pontianak.
5. Min 36:67 = interviews of people claimed to have seen sightings of pontianak (this part is exclusively happened in Singapore)

There is an interesting question why a lot of Asian ghost / supernatural entities are female. Some say this was a fruit of women's oppression in the old days, as the case of Japanese legends "Okiku's Well" or "Yotsuya Kaidan". But there is another interesting opinion about kuntilanak, that some people see kuntilanak / pontianak as a feminist, where a female ghost has a power to turn your life upside down.

Growing up I was always taught that it wasn't until the brothers Grimm that anyone had made a particularly big effort to collect regional folk tales, or put much effort into analyzing or studying those tales. But looking back I'm not sure that makes much sense. Humans are social creatures who likes stories. It seems like something they might have always done. So whats the story of these stories historians?

Happy Halloween season, all!

Ever year I post the remains of a lengthy research project I conducted some years ago at UGA. I initially intended to develop into a lengthy, meaty book.

Several years ago, my proposal successfully passed through two rounds of peer review at UGA Press before the press's marketing department evidently realized that it touched on a variety of topics the school wanted to avoid publicizing, such as a student death and Confederacy-related topics, and torpedoed it.

Soon after, I moved out of the area and moved on to other projects—but not before compiling my submitted material into an illustrated and approachable PDF for general audiences. Topics include the event(s) that led to the ghostlore of Joe Brown Hall, the mystery of Susie of the Wedding Cake House, and numerous other tales of ghosts and hauntings around UGA and Athens.

You can read it here:

https://www.academia.edu/37350055/Athens_Ghostlore_Studies_on_the_Folklore_of_Ghosts_at_the_University_of_Georgia_and_the_Athens_Georgia_Region

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Enjoy!

IGNOU in New Delhi , India offers distance education programs. It is actually the world's largest open learning institution (by number of courses and learners enrolled). Recently, they have started a 2 year Masters in Folklore and Culture Studies. (Earlier they had a certificate program of 1 year duration).

These are the subjects is the syllabus:

Folklore and culture: Conceptual Perspectives Tradition, Identity and cultural production Cultural a nd social transformation Project (Dissertation)

Folklore: Canon and multimediality Interdisciplinary and Social epistemology Theories and Pedagogy of Folklore Folk Representations Approaches to Folklore.

The detailed syllabus that will be covered under each subject is available in the following link under "Programme Guide" tab.

http://www.ignou.ac.in/ignou/aboutignou/school/soh/programmes/detail/719/2

Would like some review . Thanks.

Howdy, I’m working on a passion project based on eastern culture and I’m having a harder time finding good channels for studying the topics above. Any good channels y’all can recommend?

So I am did a folklore and evermore songs structure study/analysis and here are the basic results of every song:

folklore

1. “the 1”

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Pre-Chorus (Shortened variation)

Chorus 1 – repeat

Bridge

Chorus 2

2. “cardigan”

Verse 1

Chorus 1

Refrain

Verse 2

Chorus 2

Refrain – repeat

Bridge

Chorus 3

Verse 3

Refrain – repeat

3. “the last great american dynasty”

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Chorus 1 (Variation)

Bridge

Breakdown (Chorus (Shortened variation))

Outro

4. “exile” featuring Bon Iver

Verse 1

Chorus

Verse 2

Chorus (Variation)

Bridge 1

Chorus – repeat

Bridge 2 (Extended Bridge 1)

5. “my tears ricochet”

Verse 1

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Chorus 1 (Variation)

Bridge

Chorus 2

6. “mirrorball”

Verse 1

Chorus

Verse 2

Chorus – repeat

Bridge

Outro

7. “seven”

Verse 1

Chorus

Refrain

Bridge

Verse 2

Chorus (Variation)

8. “august”

Verse 1

Chorus

Verse 2

Chorus – repeat

Bridge

Chorus – repeat

Post-Chorus

Refrain

Refrain – repeat

Refrain – repeat (Variation)

9. “this is me trying”

Verse 1

Chorus

Verse 2

Chorus – repeat

Post-Chorus

Bridge

Chorus – repeat

Post-Chorus – repeat

10. “illicit affairs”

Verse 1

Chorus 1

Refrain

Verse 2

Chorus 2

Bridge

Outro

11. “invisible string”

Verse 1

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Chorus 2

Bridge

Verse 3

Chorus 3

12. “mad woman”

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Pre-Chorus – repeat

Chorus – repeat

Bridge

Outro

13. “epiphany”

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus 1

Chorus

Refrain

Verse 2

Pre-Chorus 2

Refrain

Chorus – repeat (x2)

Refrain – repeat

14. “betty”

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus

Chorus 1

Verse 2

Pre-Chorus – repeat

Chorus 1 – repeat

Bridge

Verse 3

Breakdown (Chorus Refrain)

Chorus

Outro

15. “peace”

Verse 1

Chorus

Refrain

Verse 2

Bridge

Chorus – repeat (Extended)

16. “hoax”

Verse 1

Chorus

Verse 2

Chorus – repeat

Bridge

Verse 3

Outro (Chorus (Shortened))

17. “the lakes” (bonus track)

Verse 1

Chorus

Verse 2

Chorus – repeat

Bridge

Verse 3

Chorus – repeat (Extended)

evermore

1. “willow”

Verse 1

Chorus (Shortened)

Refrain 1

Verse 2

Chorus

Refrain 2

Verse 3

Chorus – repeat (x2)

Outro (Chorus elements)

2. “champagne problems”

Verse 1

Chorus 1

Refrain

Verse 2

Chorus 2

Bridge

Chorus 1 (Variation)

Outro

3. “gold rush”

Intro

Chorus

Verse 1

Pre-Chorus

Chorus – repeat

Verse 2

Pre-Chorus (Variation)

Outro (Intro – repeat)

I'm done the coursework (finally). Now I'm in the proposal phase (hoping to have it tidied and ready to submit by the end of the week) and wondering if there are any others here.

This one is exceptionally hard to find, and is only available on Amazon for over £100. I reckon that it was probably digitised at one point, but then again my intuition could well be wrong. Does anyone have this unique tome in their library?