This is a past event
'A Fieldworker's Vision: Researching the Present'
Folklore, Ethnology, and Ethnomusicology Conference Aberdeen (FEECA)
Hosted by the Elphinstone Institute and co-sponsored by the Folklore Society.
FEECA aims to bring together graduate, postgraduate students, and early-career researchers in these fields to strengthen relations between relevant scholars and institutions in the UK and around the world.
This year’s theme draws on W. F. H. Nicolaisen’s article, ‘A Gleaner’s Vision’ (Folklore, 106, 1995) in which Nicolaisen (1927–2016, Emeritus Professor, Elphinstone Institute) takes issue with the limited vision and approach of the early scholars of Folklore, where the work of the folklorist/ethnologist was seen to be one of salvage, gathering up scattered remnants of the past. Nicolaisen argues for a broader vision, a more comprehensive approach aimed at the present, encouraging folklorists to seek out what surrounds them.
The keynote lecture will be given by Dr Jonathan Roper, Senior Research Fellow in English and Comparative Folklore at the University of Tartu, Estonia, with other papers covering a wide-range of topics representing contemporary research from Australia, India, Russia, Croatia, the USA, Canada, Finland, Sri Lanka, and Italy, as well as the UK and Ireland.
- Hosted by
- Elphinstone Institute
- Venue
- MacRobert Building
- Contact
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One-day or weekend registration open to all: University of Aberdeen online store.