"Cultural brokerage" and "public folklore" within a German and American field of discourse
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The authors discuss the differences between German and US techniques of studying public folklore, focusing on folklore's impact on the two societies. Topics include a history of German empirical cultural studies, (or Volkskunde), the relationship between folklore and public service, and financing of institutions that study folklore.
Publication Name: Journal of Folklore Research
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0737-7037
Year: 1999
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The compromises of applying theories in the making: response to Klaus Roth's orally delivered paper
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The authors discuss past researchers' suggestions that, due to societal demands, folklorists should lead in the development of intercultural communication studies programs. They questions whether intercultural communication studies can overlap into other academic disciplines besides cultural studies.
Publication Name: Journal of Folklore Research
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0737-7037
Year: 1999
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