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SUMMARY:Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation: Revisiting Oral Narrative
DESCRIPTION:‘Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology\, Folklore and History’\nNinth ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ Joint Seminar\nThe Folklore Society and The Royal Anthropological Institute \n\n\nDate: Thursday 23 October\, 2025Time: 10 AM to 5 PMLocation: 50 Fitzroy Street\, London W1T 5BT and online via Zoom \nTo attend in Person please register here(In Person tickets are limited and currently fully booked\, but there is a waiting list. Please follow the link to put your name on it. If places become available people on the waiting list will be notified.) \nTo attend online\, please register here \n\nThe Royal Anthropological Institute and The Folklore Society host jointly an annual conference series ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ which encourages empirical and conceptual dialogue between the two related disciplines of folklore and anthropology \nThis year’s conference\, ‘Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology\, Folklore and History’ will explore facets of the debate about oral narrative and its relation to history and the transmission of knowledge. Multiple points of view from various areas of the world will be examined\, including oral narratives and the distant past\, the changing parameters of orality in the digital age\, and the continuing relevance or not of earlier theoretical approaches such as William Bascom’s ‘Four Functions of Folklore’ or Jack Goody’s ideas on the emergence of literacy. \nPresentations will be given in person\, but conference attendees may attend either on-site\, or via ZOOM linkup. \nThere is no registration fee. For on-site attendees\, refreshments and a light lunch will be provided free of charge. \nProgramme \nWelcome and Introduction to the Day 10:00 – 10:15 \nSession 1 10:15 – 11:15 \nPresentation 1 – Ahmed Nur Muse – ‘Whispers of Survival: Oral Narratives\, Maternal Knowledge\, and Spiritual Resilience among Somali Pastoral Nomads’. \nPresentation 2 – Anne Solomon – ‘The Interdisciplinary Ideal and Approaches to Interpreting Khoisan Oral Narratives and Lore’. \nTea / Coffee 11:15 – 11.30 \nSession 2 11:30 – 12:30 \nPresentation 3 – Stéphane Perrin – ‘Folklore in Our Universities: Understanding the Relation between Recent Folklore and Our Institutions’. \nPresentation 4 – Jonathan Roper – ‘Place-name Narratives in Newfoundland’. \nLunch (on site) 12:30 – 1:30 \nSession 3 – 1:30 -2:30 \nPresentation 5 – Rawan Alfuraih – ‘The Epic of the Najd: Historiography and Ethnography as Extensions of Existing Arabian Oral Narrative’. \nPresentation 6 – Elizabeth Rainey – Mediation of an Emirati Voice: Anglophonic Representation of al-Nabati. \nTea / Coffee 2:30 – 3:00 \nSession 4 – 3:00 – 4:00 \nPresentation 7 – Garima Thakuria – ‘Mundhum in Sikkim: Oral Narratives among the Rai Community’. \nPresentation 8 – Roy Ellen –‘Satirical Allusion and Tug-of-Rattan on Seram: Poetic Form and Informal Social Control in Nuaulu Performance of Sung Verse’. \nPlenary Discussion 4:00 – 5:00 \n\n(Image: Rakugo at Sanma Festival\, Japan; via Wikimedia Commons) \n					\n									Click here
URL:https://therai.org.uk/events/folklore-and-anthropology-in-conversation-soundscapes-and-folklore-in-east-asia-copy/
LOCATION:Royal Anthropological Institute\, 50 Fitzroy Street\, London\, state\, W1T 5BT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation: Soundscapes and Folklore in East Asia
DESCRIPTION:The seminar series ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ encourages empirical and conceptual dialogue between the two related disciplines of folklore and anthropology \nThe symposium is a one-day event held at the offices of the Royal Anthropological Institute and The Folklore Society at 50 Fitzroy Street\, London on Thursday 24 October 2024.  Presentations will be given in-person\, but conference attendees may attend either on-site\, or via ZOOM. \nIn this year’s conference\, we will explore a range of topics in the areas of folk music studies\, ethnomusicology\, oral folklore\, ritual\, and performance. New approaches in social\, cultural and political interpretations are invited. \nGeographically\, the conference will be focused on East Asia broadly defined\, including China\, Korea\, Japan and Vietnam\, but not excluding adjacent areas. \nAnyone interested in making a presentation should contact Prof James H. Grayson at j.h.grayson@sheffield.ac.uk \nAnyone wishing to submit a proposal should write a 200-word abstract including paper title\, author’s name and contact details.  The proposal should be submitted to j.h.grayson@sheffield.ac.uk. The submission date for paper proposals is 30 June 2024. \nPaper proposers will be notified by 31 July 2024.
URL:https://therai.org.uk/events/folklore-and-anthropology-in-conversation-soundscapes-and-folklore-in-east-asia/
LOCATION:Royal Anthropological Institute\, 50 Fitzroy Street\, London\, state\, W1T 5BT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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