Group

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The desire to compartmentalize and impose order on an object of study is what drives folklorists into designing what is known as group concept. A neat and static definition of 'group,' however, cannot be imposed on the highly fluid dynamics of a community. Preconditioning or shared identity is therefore not applicable; the network model of interaction is. This model takes into consideration factors that inform interaction: segregavity, intergravity and encapsulation.

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Rethinking the public: folklorists and the contestation of public cultures

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The role of a person's culture in communication is analyzed, focusing on whether cultural traditions hinder intercultural communication. The folklorists' role in intercultural communication studies, and their ability to form the metacultural construction of communication are analyzed.

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Provinces of knowledge; or, can you get out of the only game in town?

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The folklorists' role in German and US societies are examined. Topics include folklorists serving as mediators between the public and government, and public folklore's impact on a nation-state.

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