Folklore People and Places

<p><em>Folklore, People and Place</em> is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore, people and place, across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts. The book showcases a range of international case studies from different cultural and ecological contexts showing how folklore can and does mediate human relationships with people and place.</p><p>Folklore has traditionally been connected to place, telling tales of the land and the real and imaginary beings that inhabit storied places. These storytelling traditions and practices have endured in a contemporary world, yet the role and value of folklore to people and places has changed. The book explores a broad range of international perspectives and considers how the relationship between folklore, people, and place has evolved for tourists and indigenous communities. It will showcase a range of international case studies from different cultural and ecological contexts showing how folklore can and does mediate human relationships with people and place. By exploring folklore in the context of tourism, this book engages in a critical discussion of the opportunities and challenges of using storied places in destination development. The case studies in the book provide an international perspective on the contemporary value of folklore to people and places engendering reflection on the role of folklore in sustainable tourism strategies.</p><p>This book will be of interest to students, academics, researchers in fields such as anthropology, folklore, tourism, religious studies, human geography and related disciplines. It will also be of interest to scholars and practitioners of traditional ecological knowledge.</p> <p>Introduction: Mapping the Territory</p><p><b>PART I:</b> <b>Re-making and Re-shaping the Past</b></p><ol> <ol> <li>Rebuilding The Sacred Union with Basque Fountains and Springs <i>by María Martínez Pisón </i> </li> <li>Bedecked in Ribbons and Bows: Dressed Trees as Markers of Heritage, Hope, and Faith in Southern England <i>by Ethan Doyle White</i> </li> <li>‘Unite and Unite, and Let Us All Unite’: The Social Role of the Calendar Custom in English Communities <i>by Sophie Parkes-Nield</i> </li> <li>‘The spik o the place’: dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and traditions of North-East Scotland <i>by Peter H. Reid</i> </li> <li>Folklore, Story and Place: An Irish Tradition with Vast Touristic Value<i> by Shane Broderick</i> </li> </ol> </ol><p><b>PART II: Folklore and Indigenous Landscapes</b></p><ol> <ol> <li>Sacred Anishinaabeg Folklore: Okikendawt Mnisiing, the Island of the Sacred Kettles<i> by Renée E. Mazinegiizhigoo-kwe Bédard</i> </li> <li>Break in the Reef of Time: An Indigenous Science approach to the Olowalu petroglyphs on Maui<i> by Apela Colorado and Ryan Hurd</i> </li> <li>Creating La Cuna del Folklore Nacional: The Colonization of Indigenous Celebrations, Legends, and Landscapes in Nicaraguan State Heritage Tourism<i> by Paul Edward Montgomery Ramírez</i> </li> <li>Tasting the Intangible: Examples of Communication from Sápmi<i> by Kajsa G. Åberg and Doris A. Carson</i> </li> <li><i>Wildness Makes This World <i>by Matthew Cowan</i></i></li> </ol> </ol><p><b>PART III: Reimagining folklore in a globalised world: tourism, placemaking and re-enchantment</b></p><ol> <li>A City Made of Stories: Re-enchantment and Narrative Placemaking in Madrid <i>by Leticia Cortina Aracil</i> </li> <li>The Folklore of the Subterranean: The Spectres of the Underground in Dudley Tourist Sites <i>by Sian MacFarlane</i> </li> <li>Ghosts, Extraterrestrials and (Re-)Enchantment: Possibilities and Challenges in Post-Secular Tourism <i>by Eva Kingsepp</i> </li> <li>Mythical Park: Reflections on Folklore, its Natural Environment and Tourism <i>by Katja Hrobat Virloget</i> </li> <li>Virtually Haunted Places: Armchair Ghost Tours Through Weird Space <i>by Alicia Edwards-Boon</i> </li> </ol><p>Concluding Remarks: Exploring Further</p>