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On Shifting Ground: Migration, Disruption, and the Changing Contours of Home
“Folklore and other traditional expressive forms offer tools, strategies, and resources for both responding to and catalyzing change. Whether adapting traditional expressive behavior to meet new circumstances during and after migration or asserting them to challenge the status quo, people productively leverage the durability and dynamic nature of culture to strengthen community life through changes of many sorts—whether political, social, environmental, or cultural.” –Guest Editors Michelle Banks and Sojin Kim
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2025 Call for Submissions
Cultural Frameworks for Transformative Documenting and Learning, Naomi Sturm-Wijesinghe and Mauricio Bayona Guest Editors
We welcome submissions that share strategies for local research, offer scaffolding to teach technical skills in a variety of digital media, support the analysis of primary sources, sharpen artistic presentations, and connect learning standards to the lifeworld of students and their communities. Submissions due April 1, 2025
Death, Loss, and Remembrance
The 2022 volume of JFE asks: What is the role for folklore in education in teaching and learning about death, loss, and remembrance? From ritual to spirituality and in concepts of time and history; through poetry, comic art, community mapping, folklife festival, museum exhibition, and family life—Volume 9 offers activities and content for learners of all ages.
Find tools to support reflection around Covid and disaster. Trauma-informed frameworks and activities suited for social-emotional learning can be found in the 15+ articles.
A Trusted Resource Since 2014
As the flagship journal for Folklore and Education, JFE annually publishes outstanding content from authors who know the value of teaching local knowledge, art, stories, and culture.
Paddy Bowman and Lisa Rathje, Editors