ABOUT
Us
Folklore Flags is a student-run project in which graduate and undergraduate students in the Folklore Club at the University of Oregon collect local folklore. The purpose of the project is both to engage and educate the general public on the importance of Folklore and to connect folklore back to the context of place.
ABOUT
Folklore
Folklore is material and expressive culture. Historically folklore is associated with text such as myths, fairy tales, and storytelling, but folklore is much more. Material and expressive culture includes things like dance, craft, ghost stories, pilgrimage, grassroots social and political movements, ritual practices, memorial shrines, internet memes, and so much more. The things you do every day are folklore. Folklore is what makes us who we are.
Do you have a story about one of these items of folklore? Or maybe you've identified some folklore of your own, send us a message with your story to contribute to our site.
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News
May 09, 2017
Duke Students study Ghost Bikes in Durham
Students in the Harris Solomon's Anthropology and Global Health seminar at Duke University Explore ghost bikes in Durham, North Carolina. Check out their findings at here.
April 21, 2017
University of Oregon hosts Western States Folklore Conference
April 21-22 the University of Oregon is hosting the Western States Folklore Society meetings as well as the Association of Western States Folklorists. Folklorists from across the country will gather to share their research and network. Come see University of Oregon Folklore Program graduate students and professors give their presentations! Information on the Western States Folklore Society can be found here. Information on the Association of Western States Folkorists can be found here.
May 17, 2017
Folklore Flags get UO Folklore Summer Grant
The Folklore Program at the University of Oregon has just awarded Folklore Flags with a small research grant! Keep checing the website for newly identified Folklore Flags!
