Now available, the latest JAF raises important ethical concerns in an article about “angry folklore” in wartime and a discussion forum on how to respond to the professional legacies of colleagues who have harmed others through sexual discrimination or harassment.
Recent Releases
This book includes 42 songs collected from tradition bearers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. While it was created with music educators and their students in mind, it is also a valuable resource for anyone looking to explore some of the songs Helen Creighton collected from a wide range of peoples.
Through March, you can freely access Traci Cox’s essay in JAF’s Special Issue on Folklore Studies and Disability that received the "Best Article of the Year" Award from the Brothers Grimm Society of North America.
The second edition of the Folklore Advocacy Toolkit, produced by the Media and Public Outreach Committee, is now available for download from the AFS website. The Folklore Advocacy Toolkit is a guide to promoting and sustaining folklore work in the United States, including tips and case studies specific to nonprofit organizations, higher education, independent folklorists, and community scholars.
NASAA, in collaboration with NEA, released Cross-Sector Strategies for Health and Community Well-Being, which documents the strategies of seven state arts agencies with innovative programs connecting the arts sector and health care sector.
The latest issue of Folklorica, the journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association, has been released. Folklorica is a fully open access journal. No subscription is required.
In The Medical Carnivalesque: Folklore among Physicians (Indiana University Press), folklorist Lisa Gabbert demonstrates that the occupational corpus of folklore, humor, and backstage talk found among physicians in hospital contexts reveals remarkable similarities to Bakhtin's descriptions of medieval carnival.
The Fall 2024 JAF: A Global Quarterly is out, featuring revealing essays addressing issues of professionalism, disability, and conceptions of racial identity, as well as a dozen reviews of recent work in the field.
Whispers in the Echo Chamber: Folklore and the Role of Conspiracy Theory in Contemporary Society calls on folklorists to engage more fully with conspiracy theories. It is edited by Jesse A. Fivecoate and Andrea Kitta and published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
Guest Editors by Michelle Banks and Sojin Kim join co-editors Lisa Rathje and Paddy Bowman in announcing the launch of Volume 11 of the Journal of Folklore and Education, On Shifting Ground: Migration, Disruption, and the Changing Contours of Home.