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Alan Dundes Quotes

Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past Picture Quote #1

Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment Picture Quote #1

Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible Picture Quote #1

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations Picture Quote #1

Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life Picture Quote #1

I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions Picture Quote #1

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If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research Picture Quote #1

In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future Picture Quote #1

My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses Picture Quote #1

Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken Picture Quote #1

Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke Picture Quote #1

The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it Picture Quote #1

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Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant Picture Quote #1

They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an analysis of the items based upon the course readings and lecture material on folklore theory and method Picture Quote #1

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Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past (Alan Dundes Quotes) Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment (Alan Dundes Quotes) Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible (Alan Dundes Quotes) Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations (Alan Dundes Quotes) Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life (Alan Dundes Quotes) I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions (Alan Dundes Quotes) If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research (Alan Dundes Quotes) In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future (Alan Dundes Quotes) My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses (Alan Dundes Quotes) Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken (Alan Dundes Quotes) Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke (Alan Dundes Quotes) The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it (Alan Dundes Quotes) Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant (Alan Dundes Quotes) They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an analysis of the items based upon the course readings and lecture material on folklore theory and method (Alan Dundes Quotes)