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Studies in Folklore | ANNOUNCEMENTS ARCHIVE HOUR Wednesday, May 7 at 2 pm Randall V. Mills Archives of Northwest Folklore (453 PLC) Graduate Student Robby Dobler will uncover the Sasquatch Files The University of Oregon was a dominant force at this year's Western States Folklore Society Conference, "Folklore Engages Modernity," which took place from April 10th-12th in Davis, California. |
| The Folklore Program at the University of Oregon is one of a few major centers of folkloristic research in the United States. With more than forty participating faculty, our program provides an interdisciplinary approach to a Masters Degree, allowing students to create a focused course of study in their areas of interest. The Folklore Program offers perspectives on ethnic, regional, occupational, gender, and other traditional identities of individuals in specific societies. Students study the extent to which tradition continues to enrich and express the dynamics of human behavior throughout the world. Folklore courses examine the historical, cultural, social, and psychological dimensions of such expressive forms as mythology, legend, folktale, music, dance, art, belief, foodways, ritual and ceremony. Theoretical analyses, research methods, and fieldwork techniques are integral parts of the program's curriculum. Graduate courses cover an extensive range of interdisciplinary topics: cultural heritage, ethnicity, subcultures, popular culture, performance, gender, film, religion, community arts administration, local culture and issues of diversity and globalization. Folklore graduates work in a various public and private agencies as educators, archivists, editors, arts and humanities consultants, museum curators, festival planners and more. |
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Folklore Program (541) 346-3911 Cathy O'Grady, Folklore Studies Secretary (541) 346-1505 ~ ogradyc@uoregon.edu 1287 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 For questions or concerns about the Folklore website, please email the webmaster. |