''RMN Newsletter'' is a
peer-reviewed and
open access academic journal
An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...
published on a bi-annual basis by the
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...
’s Department of Folklore Studies.
["About". ''RMN Newsletter''. University of Helsinki website. Online]
/ref> Published in both digital and print editions, ''RMN Newsletter'' covers topics relevant to folkloristics
Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...
, linguistics
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, history
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, archaeology
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, and philology
Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...
, especially in the areas of Germanic studies
Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective.
The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary te ...
, Finno-Ugric studies, and Baltic studies
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. The publication places particular emphasis on what the journal refers to as "retrospective methods", a research method
Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness t ...
that compares material recorded in differing periods.[See for example Heide, Eldar. 2010. "Why a Network for Retrospective Methods?". ''RMN Newsletter'', 1, pp. 6-7. University of Helsinki. Online]
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Since its inception in December 2010, the journal has been edited by Frog, a University of Helsinki docent
The title of docent is conferred by some European universities to denote a specific academic appointment within a set structure of academic ranks at or below the full professor rank, similar to a British readership, a French " ''maître de con ...
. ''RMN Newsletter'' originated as a development of the Retrospective Methods Network, a coalition of academics who launched the journal at a conference for the organization, ''New Focus on Retrospective Methods'' (September 13–14, 2010).
References
External links
RMN Newsletter Official Website
Official archive of all past ''RMN Newsletter'' issues
Multidisciplinary humanities journals
University of Helsinki
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