Group

Article Abstract:

The desire to compartmentalize and impose order on an object of study is what drives folklorists into designing what is known as group concept. A neat and static definition of 'group,' however, cannot be imposed on the highly fluid dynamics of a community. Preconditioning or shared identity is therefore not applicable; the network model of interaction is. This model takes into consideration factors that inform interaction: segregavity, intergravity and encapsulation.

Folklore, Social networks, Social groups

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Rethinking the public: folklorists and the contestation of public cultures

Article Abstract:

The role of a person's culture in communication is analyzed, focusing on whether cultural traditions hinder intercultural communication. The folklorists' role in intercultural communication studies, and their ability to form the metacultural construction of communication are analyzed.

United States, Social aspects, Intercultural communication, Culture, Folklorists, Tradition (Philosophy)

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