Island folklore and the Island university

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Contributors
Date Recorded
1982-11-05
Date Digitized
2024
Genre
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
01:18:31
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction from Harry Baglole

04:00 Ives begins speaking

06:30 Discussion of folklore, academic inquiries into folklore

07:30 Discussion of the University of Maine's folklore program, comparison to other folklore programs

08:30 Discussion of changes to folklore in academia from 1968-1982

11:00 Discussion of the perceived importance of folklore as an academic discipline

12:00 Discussion of definitions of folklore

14:30 Discussion of an anecdote involving Stanley McDonald

17:00 Discussion of what can be considered folklore

19:30 Discussion of folk remedies

21:00 Discussion of methodology among folklorists

23:00 Discussion of folklore research done in the French language

24:30 Discussion of a paucity of publications on folklore from PEI

25:30 Discussion of the tasks a folklore researcher at UPEI would encounter

29:00 Discussion of introduction to folklore courses

30:00 Discussion of a folklore class Ives had taught in 1962

34:00 Discussion of archival storage of materials

38:00 Discussion of dedicated folklorists vs those who engage with other academic disciplines

40:00 Discussion of "applied" folklore

41:00 Discussion of the future for folklore at UPEI

47:00 Discussion of the benefits from folklore as an academic discipline

48:30 Question period

50:30 Question regarding establishing a folklore program with no existing archive

53:00 Question regarding sources of folklore

56:00 Question regarding family poetry

01:01:00 Question regarding means of establishing a folklore archive

01:05:00 Question regarding major and minors in folklore

01:05:30 Comment regarding perceptions of folklore

01:08:30 Question regarding whether communities being studied are interested in folklore studies on them

01:13:00 Comment regarding folklore studies in Prince county

01:17:00 Closing remarks from Smitheram