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Edith Hörandner
Edith Hörandner (''née'' Klenk) (1939 – 2008) was an Austrian folklorist and educator. On receiving her doctorate from the Folklore Institute at the University of Vienna, she worked as a researcher at the Gesellschaft für den Volkskundeatlas in Österreich on the Austrian Folklore Atlas (1966–68). From 1968 to 1986 she was a research assistant at the Vienna Folklore Institute, after which she was appointed Professor of Folklore at the University of Graz until her retirement in 2007. Her work included research into folk medicine, food, costumes, and beliefs and superstitions. She later devoted attention in her teaching and publications to ageing, the everyday life of children and Halloween. Early life and family Born on 12 February 1939 in Korneuburg, Edith Klenk was the daughter of the gendarmerie officer Anton Klenk and his wife Anna. On graduating from high school in 1957, she studied philosophy, German and English at the University of Vienna, including a semester at the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folklorist
Folklore studies (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK) is the academic discipline devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the academic study of traditional culture from the Cultural artifact, folklore artifacts themselves. It became established as a field across both Europe and North America, coordinating with (German language, German), (Norwegian language, Norwegian), and (Swedish language, Swedish), among others. Overview A 1982 UNESCO document titled "Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore" declared a global need to establish provisions protecting folklore from varying dangers identified in the document. UNESCO further published the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2003. The American Folklife Preservation Act (P.L. 94-201) passed in 1976 by the United States Congress in conjunction with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
