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Folklore Studies engages with vernacular culture and tradition through empirically grounded studies of people’s lives. Students learn how folklorists develop theoretical and methodological tools for conducting such fieldwork. Students will also learn to how apply these through designing their own research project, carrying out ethnographic fieldwork along with analysing and disseminating the collected material.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Tutorial | 12 |
Specified Learning Activities | 50 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 30 |
Total | 114 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: End of semester examination | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 50 |
Journal: Fieldwork diary and journal | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Assignment: Fieldwork analysis 1200 words. | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Tracey Hayes | Tutor |