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Organization Type: Colleges & Universities

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Title: University of Southern California Folklore

URL: http://dornsife.usc.edu/folklore/

Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive

Description: At USC, one can study folklore in various courses, or as part of the new interdisciplinary minor, "Folklore and Popular Culture". The core course: ANTH 333- Forms of Folklore aims to introduce students to the wide variety of folklore from around the world (and from their own lives), and to the basic methods of studying such material. Connected to the course is the USC digital multimedia folklore archive, which connects age-old folklore archiving techniques with cutting-edge technology. The archives is available to the worldwide scholarly community.

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Subject:   Folklore Popular Cutlure Mythology Legends,  Music ,  Dance

Title: Texas A&M Department of Performance Studies

URL: http://perf.tamu.edu/

Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive

Description: Established in 1999, the Department of Performance Studies is the first department at Texas A&M solely devoted to the arts. The Department offers a B.A. and minor in both Music and Theatre Arts. The B.A. in Music offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of music, with courses in composition, ethnomusicology, music history, music theory, music technology, and performance through various means. The B.A. in Theatre Arts provides training in the classroom and in an integrated theatre production program. The curriculum preparesstudents for professional theatre training programs and/or graduate work in the liberal and fine arts, teaching theatre in the secondary school, and a variety of careers in the professional arena or the world of business and industry.

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Subject:   Music ,  Theatre Arts Ethnomusicology Fine Arts Ethnography Cultural Preservation Festivals Religious Ceremonies Storytelling Folklore Indigenous Arts Women's Studies Ritual

Title: Memorial University of Newfoundland Department of Folklore

URL: http://www.mun.ca/folklore/

Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive

Description: The Memorial University of Newfoundland is the only Anglophone university in Canada to offer comprehensive folklore programs at all levels. Memorial University is also a vital part of its community - one steeped in unique lifestyles and traditions, and where the study and celebration of culture and heritage is considered crucial. This provides folklorists with rich opportunities for innovative community partnerships and learning experiences.

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Subject:   Post-Secondary Education Folklore Canada Ethnography Women's Studies Arts Administration Oral Histories,  Music ,  Folksongs Childlore Language Popular Culture

Title: The University of Pennsylvania Graduate Program in Folklore and Folklife

URL: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/folklore/

Collection: Open Folklore Web Archive

Description: The Graduate Program in Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania began in 1962 under the direction of MacEdward Leach, a medievalist who taught in the English department, and whose sound recordings from Jamaica, Newfoundland, and the Southern Mountains launched the Folklore Archive. Over the next four decades nearly 250 students earned the Ph.D. in Folklore from Penn. In 1999, the Department of Folklore and Folklife was restructured as a Graduate Program and a Center for Folklore and Ethnography (open 1999-2008).

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Subject:   Folklore Folklife Post-Secondary Education,  Music ,  Performance Folk Art Cultural Studies Popular Culture Film Religion Urban Folklore Anthropology Oral Histories

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