Alan Dundes Quotes

Alan Dundes was a folklorist at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been described as "widely credited with helping to shape modern folklore scholarship", and "one of the most admired and influential folklorists in the world". He wrote 12 books, both academic and popular, and edited or co-wrote two dozen more. ...more

Birth: September 08, 1934 - Death: March 30, 2005

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.

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.

Topic(s): Ifs , Should , Inspirational

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Alan Dundes Quotes