Saturday, October 15, 8:00 am–9:30 am
Tulsa North
Sponsored by the Fellows of the American Folklore Society and the Graduate Student and Young Professional Section
Pre-registration is required by October 1. For students only.
James P. Leary (University of Wisconsin, Madison, emeritus)
John Holmes McDowell (Indiana University, emeritus)
Betsy Peterson ()
Patricia A. Turner (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
Students meet informally over breakfast with a senior folklorist, talking about selected topics as well as the students’ interests and questions.
James P. Leary (University of Wisconsin- Emeritus): Collaborative public folklore from a university base, laborlore and class, egalitarian approaches to folklore work
John McDowell (Indiana University – Emeritus): Folklore and environmental justice, poetics and stylistic analysis, indigeneity and modernity, Spanish American folk poetry
Betsy Peterson: Community engagement, archives
Patricia Turner (UCLA): Perspectives on legend study