The Folklore Society\u2019s Annual Conference, in collaboration with the Department of Folklore and Ethnology, University College Cork, Ireland.<\/p>\n
Friday 20 June to Sunday 22 June 2025<\/p>\n
Hybrid conference, online and at University College Cork<\/p>\n
We know the world through our senses, but how we sense is inflected by symbolism, tradition and belief\u2014by folklore in other words. What does folklore tell us about our senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste and, indeed, second sight?<\/p>\n
How does folklore treat the instruments through which we sense\u2014our eyes, ears, nose, skin, fingers, mouth, tongue\u2026? What do tastes, smells and other sensory experiences mean in tradition? What happens when we are deprived of our senses, voluntarily or involuntarily? And what does folklore tell us when our senses stop making sense\u2014experiences of things heard but not seen, seen but not heard? When must we, traditionally, refute the evidence of our senses? And of course what we \u2018feel\u2019 can be felt in more ways than one, through the heart for instance. Folklore is communication, but there are many ways to communicate: the kiss, the grip, the sign, the gesture\u2026 Can we talk about visual folklore, olfactory folklore, the touch or savour of folklore?<\/p>\n
CALL FOR PAPERS<\/p>\n
Papers of 20 minutes are invited on any topic related to folklore and the senses. Topics might include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n
Folklore of the material world and of embodied experience
\nEthnography of the senses, ethnography of the fleeting or ephemeral
\nThe role of the senses in folk custom and narrative
\nHaptic perception and communication in folklore
\nThe senses, absences and erasures in documentation, archiving and dissemination<\/p>\n
Deadline for proposals: Friday 31 January 2025<\/p>\n
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