Folklore, People and Place is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore, people and place, across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts. The book showcases a range of international case studies from different cultural and ecological contexts showing how folklore can and does mediate human relationships with people and place.
Folklore has traditionally been connected to place, telling tales of the land and the real and imaginary beings that inhabit storied places. These storytelling traditions and practices have endured in a contemporary world, yet the role and value of folklore to people and places has changed. The book explores a broad range of international perspectives and considers how the relationship between folklore, people, and place has evolved for tourists and indigenous communities. It will showcase a range of international case studies from different cultural and ecological contexts showing how folklore can and does mediate human relationships with people and place. By exploring folklore in the context of tourism, this book engages in a critical discussion of the opportunities and challenges of using storied places in destination development. The case studies in the book provide an international perspective on the contemporary value of folklore to people and places engendering reflection on the role of folklore in sustainable tourism strategies.
This book will be of interest to students, academics, researchers in fields such as anthropology, folklore, tourism, religious studies, human geography and related disciplines. It will also be of interest to scholars and practitioners of traditional ecological knowledge.
Folklore, People and Place is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore, people and place, across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts.
Introduction: Mapping the Territory
PART I: Re-making and Re-shaping the Past
Rebuilding The Sacred Union with Basque Fountains and Springs by Marķa
Martķnez Pisón
Bedecked in Ribbons and Bows: Dressed Trees as Markers of Heritage, Hope, and
Faith in Southern England by Ethan Doyle White
Unite and Unite, and Let Us All Unite: The Social Role of the Calendar
Custom in English Communities by Sophie Parkes-Nield
The spik o the place: dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and
traditions of North-East Scotland by Peter H. Reid
Folklore, Story and Place: An Irish Tradition with Vast Touristic Value by
Shane Broderick
PART II: Folklore and Indigenous Landscapes
Sacred Anishinaabeg Folklore: Okikendawt Mnisiing, the Island of the Sacred
Kettles by Renée E. Mazinegiizhigoo-kwe Bédard
Break in the Reef of Time: An Indigenous Science approach to the Olowalu
petroglyphs on Maui by Apela Colorado and Ryan Hurd
Creating La Cuna del Folklore Nacional: The Colonization of Indigenous
Celebrations, Legends, and Landscapes in Nicaraguan State Heritage Tourism by
Paul Edward Montgomery Ramķrez
Tasting the Intangible: Examples of Communication from Sįpmi by Kajsa G.
Åberg and Doris A. Carson
Wildness Makes This World by Matthew Cowan
PART III: Reimagining folklore in a globalised world: tourism, placemaking
and re-enchantment
A City Made of Stories: Re-enchantment and Narrative Placemaking in Madrid by
Leticia Cortina Aracil
The Folklore of the Subterranean: The Spectres of the Underground in Dudley
Tourist Sites by Sian MacFarlane
Ghosts, Extraterrestrials and (Re-)Enchantment: Possibilities and Challenges
in Post-Secular Tourism by Eva Kingsepp
Mythical Park: Reflections on Folklore, its Natural Environment and Tourism
by Katja Hrobat Virloget
Virtually Haunted Places: Armchair Ghost Tours Through Weird Space by Alicia
Edwards-Boon
Concluding Remarks: Exploring Further
Jack Hunter, PhD, is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre, and a tutor with the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, where he is lead tutor on the MA in Ecology and Spirituality and teaches on the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology.
Rachael Ironside, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer and researcher at Robert Gordon University, Scotland. Her research interests focus on the role of supernatural folklore, and how it impacts our experience and understanding of place and cultural heritage.
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