Emergency-Period Corona Lore in the Sphere of Interest of the Researchers of the Department of Folkloristics of the Estonian Literary Museum

Authors

  • Mare Kõiva Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies
  • Piret Voolaid Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies

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News and Reviews

Abstract

News and Reviews

Author Biographies

Mare Kõiva, Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies

Mare Kõiva, PhD, Leading Professor, Head of the Department of Folkloristics at the Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia. She is the Head of the Center of Excellence in Estonian Studies and the Editor-in-chief of the ‘Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore’ (founded 1996) and Mäetagused (1996–). Her main area of the field reasearch is Estonia, Bulgaria, Byelorussia. Her research focus is on incantations and folk healers, folk religion, Estonian diaspora, mythology and contemporary folklore.

Piret Voolaid, Department of Folkloristics, Estonian Literary Museum, Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies

Piret Voolaid, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Folkloristics of the Estonian Literary Museum, and an Executive Manager of the Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies. Her current interests include minor forms of
folklore (subgenres of Estonian riddles, proverbs in their various contemporary contexts), children’s and youth, Internet, and sports lore.

Published

2020-12-16