born digital folklore – dh+lib https://dhandlib.org where the digital humanities and librarianship meet Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:09:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 180836968 POST: Born Digital Folklore and the Vernacular Web: An Interview with Robert Glenn Howard https://dhandlib.org/post-born-digital-folklore-and-the-vernacular-web-an-interview-with-robert-glenn-howard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=post-born-digital-folklore-and-the-vernacular-web-an-interview-with-robert-glenn-howard Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:15:52 +0000 https://dhandlib.org/?p=1101 read more]]>

This interview of Robert Glenn Howard (University of Wisconsin) by Trevor Owens (Library of Congress) offers a helpful introduction to the topic of born-digital folklore. Howard defines folklore as “the informally shared knowledge that we perceive as connecting us to each other,” and the two examine how this engagement has changed in a networked world. The discussion covers theoretical aspects of folklore, theorizing the web, and current content that should be preserving for future folklorists.

This post was produced through a cooperation between Heather Martin, Chris Chelberg (Editors-at-Large for the week), Zach Coble (Editor for the week), and Roxanne Shirazi and Sarah Potvin (site editors).

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