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Peer reviewedRobbins, L. H. – International Journal of Oral History, 1983
Ethnoarchaeology (living archaeology) centers on the study of present day peoples in order to get a better understanding of the past. Describes a study in Kenya which involved collecting samples from an abandoned fishing campsite and interviewing fishermen who had lived there. Suggests approaches for future research. (CS)
Descriptors: Archaeology, Ethnology, Foreign Countries, Oral History
Dollerup, Cay – 1980
The theoretical background of the interdisciplinary Turko-Danish Fairytale Project is discussed in this paper. The paper first offers support for the working hypotheses of the Fairytale Project, which was designed to determine (1) if there are aesthetic principles that are universal and that guide the reader's experience of literary works; (2)…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Fairy Tales, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries
Doltas, Dilek, Ed.; And Others – 1980
Written literature has evolved over a long period to an entity separate from oral tradition. Written literature aspired to perpetuation, to the creation of written "monuments." This aspiration caused authors to find the means of multiplying authentic versions so that they could popularize their "original" form unchanged. On the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Fairy Tales, Folk Culture
Dollerup, Cay; And Others – 1983
Part of the interdisciplinary Turko-Danish Fairytale Project, this paper provides information about the three fairy tales chosen for study: "The Snake, the Fox, and the Man,""The Gold Apple," and "Per Smed's Whip." Various sections of the paper contain descriptions of the following: (1) the selection procedures, (2)…
Descriptors: Criteria, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Download full textBarnett, Don C.; Dyer, Aldrich J. – 1983
The volume on University of Saskatchewan graduate theses related to Canadian native peoples (Indian, Inuit, Metis) contains a brief introduction, followed by abstracts of 62 thesis projects (1912-1982), and a final section of statistics, charts, summaries, and discussions related to the abstracted research. Each research abstract consists of three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Education
