Frightening Fictions: Lore Podcast Review
By Emma Louise Backe Journalists are widely speculating that we live in the “Golden Age” of podcasts, ushered in by…
Posts Tagged 'folklore'
TGA’s Favorite Posts of 2014
2014 was a big year for TGA. We made the full transition to a group blog in May, and have had…
“Of Crickets and Gourds: Pokemon as Ancient Chinese Folk Game”
BY JARED MIRACLE Full disclosure: I love Pokemon. For some people, being passionate about a topic invalidates research by destroying…
Deep Multiplayer: Pokemon’s 2000-Year History and Social Impact
Just a brief introduction here: this is a lecture given by Jared Miracle on the cultural history behind Pokemon. Tomorrow…
Contemporary Folklore in the Digital Age
By Emma Louise Backe The word folklore likely conjures images of elves or faeries dancing beneath a harvest moon, or…
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