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Teaching, Learning, and Doing Folklore at UCLA, and Remembering Denise Kozikowski and Robert Georges.

  • Published In: Western Folklore, 2024, v. 83, n. 3/4. P. 465 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Jones, Michael Owen 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay concerns the role of keyfaculty in developingfolklore research and teaching programs at UCLA, particularly Robert A. Georges. It also deals with students learning about folklore and mythology through performances, conferences, and other sources, some of which they initiated and directed. Further, this article surveys how students engaged infolkloristic practices in the sense Of initiating and perpetuating social traditions, putting their developing knowledge and skills about others' traditions into professional practice, and finding employment after graduation in academe, the entertainment industry, the public sector, and other venues. Last, Ifocus on Denise Ann Kozikowski, a former student Of mine to whose memory this issue of the journal is dedicated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Western Folklore. 2024/06, Vol. 83, Issue 3/4, p465
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Religion and Philosophy
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0043-373X
  • Accession Number:180065000
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