"Cultural brokerage" and "public folklore" within a German and American field of discourse

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The authors discuss the differences between German and US techniques of studying public folklore, focusing on folklore's impact on the two societies. Topics include a history of German empirical cultural studies, (or Volkskunde), the relationship between folklore and public service, and financing of institutions that study folklore.

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The compromises of applying theories in the making: response to Klaus Roth's orally delivered paper

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The authors discuss past researchers' suggestions that, due to societal demands, folklorists should lead in the development of intercultural communication studies programs. They questions whether intercultural communication studies can overlap into other academic disciplines besides cultural studies.

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Time and ourselves - the discomforts of reflexive disciplinary history: response to Wolfgang Kaschuba

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The author argues against the usefulness of studying disciplinary history when evaluating folklore's impact on German and US society. She discusses current folklore study techniques, and criticizes the tendency to dichotomize folklore study into "academic vs. public."

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