German Society for Folklore
The German Society for Folklore (dgv) is a scientific society and acts as the umbrella organization of folklore institutions in the German-speaking area and as an association of folklore experts in the Federal Republic of Germany. It was founded in 1963 and continues the work of the Association of Folklore Associations founded in the German Empire in 1904 . The seat and office of the association is in Marburg .
The society gives the magazine for folklore as well as the dgv information. Announcements of the German Society for Folklore and organizes scientific conferences and student meetings.
Commissions
There are 15 commissions for the respective sub-disciplines of folklore (as of 2017):
- Working cultures commission
- Commission for digitization in everyday life
- Commission narrative research
- Commission for film and audio- visual anthropology
- Photography Commission
- Commission Women and Gender Studies
- Network Health and Culture in Folklore Research
- Commission Europeanization / Globalization : Ethnographies of the Political
(Europeanization / Globalization: Anthropology of Policy) - Commission for Research into Popular Musical Cultures
(until 2012: Commission for Song , Music and Dance Research ) - Commission for German and Eastern European Folklore
- Commission for Material Culture Research and Museums
(until 2012: Working group for material culture research and museums, formerly working group for cultural history museums and working group for museums of cultural history ) - Working group on migration and museums
- Mobilities _ Regime Commission
(until 2016: Tourism Research Commission ) - Commission cultures of popular entertainment and amusement
- Commission for Religiosity and Spirituality
- Commission for East Jewish Folklore
(closed in 2012)
Chairperson
- Günter Wiegelmann 1969–1977
- Hermann Bausinger 1977–1983
- Konrad Köstlin 1983–1987
- Helge Gerndt 1987-1991
- Rolf Wilhelm Brednich 1991–1999
- Silke Göttsch-Elten 1999-2003
- Thomas Hengartner 2003-2007
- Reinhard Johler 2007–2011
- Karl Braun 2011-2015
- Johannes Moser 2015–2019
- Markus Tauschek since autumn 2019
See also
Web links
- Official website of the German Society for Folklore
- Literature from and about the German Society for Folklore in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.dgv.org/sites/default/files/satzung_2016_neu.pdf
- ↑ Commissions of the dgv. dgv, accessed on November 9, 2017 .