Contemporary Folklore and Podcast Culture: Towards Democratization of Knowledge and Re-Oralization of Culture

Abstract

Ceallaigh S. Maccath-Moran is a PhD candidate in the Folklore Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland, a writer, a poet and a musician. Ceallaigh’s research interests include animal rights activism as a public performance of ethical belief, which is the topic of her dissertation, and creative applications of folkloristic scholarship for storytellers. Her Folklore & Fiction podcast, “where folklore scholarship meets storytelling craft”, launched in 2021.

Keywords

• podcasting
• folklore
• contemporary folklore
• oral culture
• aural culture