Tag Archives: folkloristics

How uncanny sounds make ghost tours spookier

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Lily Gartland

Ghost tours exist within the nebulous categorisation of dark tourism, which is characterised as visiting sites of death and catastrophe as a leisure pursuit. As grim as this might sound, ghost tours are consistent across the international stage in making … Continue reading →

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Would you clone your dog?

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Denise McKeown

In 2017, my cohorts and I became the first students for the newly developed Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies master’s programme. After a few false starts, I finally found my project topic when I heard that American celebrity Barbara Streisand … Continue reading →

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Researching the Magic: Witches, Healers, and New Age

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Inga Külmoja

Find out why people still use traditional healing methods in spite of advanced high-tech medicine, and how these have transformed from the early modern period to the present time. Continue reading →

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