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Welcome
to the UH Folklore Center website!
This website brings together resources for the study and enjoyment
of folklore at the University of Houston and more generally throughout
the Houston region. The major purposes of the website are:
-To introduce you to the Center for the Study of Folk Narrative.
Located in room 224B in the Roy Cullen building of the main campus of
the University of Houston, the center was opened in the fall semester
of 2000, under the directorship of Professor Carl Lindahl and with the
support of the University's English Department and College of Liberal
Arts and Social Sciences. In the Lab, students study audio and video
recordings of folktale performances from various worldwide traditions,
including African American, Appalachian, Asian American, Cajun, Creole,
Scottish, Tejano, and Texas German. Many of these tales are being prepared
for publication in World Folktale Library, edited by Carl Lindahl and
sponsored by ABC-CLIO publishers. Other tales will be made availble
on this and other websites.
-To describe the University of Houston Folklore Archive and, ultimately,
to make many of its holdings available online.
-To acquaint you with the publications and special interests of
folklorists working at the University of Houston.
-To supply course descriptions, syllabi, and sample projects of
folklore and folklore-related course offerings at the University of
Houston.
-To describe special projects and events, such as the Houston
Zydeco Project Narratives of Healing Project.
-To provide information on the living folklore of the Houston
region. Because Houston is the largest city in the country without a
folklife coordinator or a folk arts survey, many of the city’s great
and diverse traditional arts events are underpublicized. We hope that
this site will serve as a magnet for people searching out folk festivals,
traditional musical, dance, and storytelling performances, exhibits,
and works of folk art.
-To supply links to other websites offering information on folklore
in the Houston area.
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