From the “Other” to the “Self”: Turning Cameras Around in Lashi Hai (China) by Seraina Hürlemann, Christophe Clivaz

“…The recent trend of focusing on the “self” rather than the folkloristic representation of the “other” is related to shifting governance strategies in China allowing for increased individual freedoms in domains of leisure and consumption. …”
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Arrangement of Choral Folk Songs in the Works of Mikhail Hayvoronsky by Hanna Karas

“…The relevance of the study has been inspired by the growing attention of art critics, folklorists and choral conductors to the little-known in Ukraine works of diaspora composers. …”
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The folklore of the Old Believers from the taiga villages of the Upper Yenisei in the repertoire of children’s ensemble Oktai by Margarita P. Tatarintseva

“…Today the repertoire of "Oktay" includes about 200 spiritual verses, a lot of them are recorded from local Old Believers by members of “Oktai”, folklorists G. O. Tudenov, S. E. Nikitina, and the author of this article. …”
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Contemporary Folklore and Podcast Culture: Towards Democratization of Knowledge and Re-Oralization of Culture by Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran, Aldona Kobus

“…Ceallaigh’s research interests include animal rights activism as a public performance of ethical belief, which is the topic of her dissertation, and creative applications of folkloristic scholarship for storytellers. Her Folklore & Fiction podcast, “where folklore scholarship meets storytelling craft”, launched in 2021. …”
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Popularization of Slovak Folk Tales in Poland by Teresa Smolińska

“…Many integrative, interethnic and comparative research initiatives have been directly linked to the tales and resulted in printing valuable collections of texts edited by folklorists from Poland and Slovakia e.g. Śpiewająca lipka. …”
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Communicating Risk in Glacier Tourism: A Case Study of the Svínafellsheiði Fracture in Iceland by Stephanie Matti, Helga Ögmundardóttir, Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Uta Reichardt

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ETHNIC DISCOURSE AND GROUP PRESENTATION IN MODERN BULGARIAN SOCIETY by Magdalena Elchinova

“…Methodologically these projects were orientated to developing discourse analysis in ethnological and folkloristic study. …”
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Eras u belaruskaj tradycyjnaj kul’tury<br>Eros v beloruski ljudski kulturi</br> by Uladzimir Lobač

“…Analyzing a great number of ethnographical and folkloristic sources, the author investigates peculiarities of the sexual culture and symbolism in the Belarusian ethnic community of the 19th - early 20th centuries. …”
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The Insularisation of Our Worlds by Tomislav Oroz, Peter Simonič

“…In the 2025 thematic issue of Svetovi/Worlds: Journal for Ethnology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, we aim to explore the complex cultural and social worlds that shape our everyday lives and that are often portrayed as isolated. …”
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Review: Christoph Köck (Ed.) (2001). Reisebilder. Produktion und Reproduktion touristischer Wahrnehmung [Travel Pictures. Production and Reproduction of Travel Perceptions] by Karl Kollmann

“…This anthology contains a potpourri of cultural scientific, or to phrase it more traditionally, folkloristic essays on the topic of travel. At first glance, there appears to be no consistent context or structural framework yet, on closer analysis, an outline emerges of the efforts made by cultural scientists to address the topic of Travel – Tourism – Travel Perceptions. …”
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La mémoire du crime. Complaintes de tradition orale, justice et société dans la Bretagne d’Ancien Régime by Éva Guillorel

“…Although they were recorded in the nineteenth century by antiquarians and folklorists, they have preserved the memory of local events that took place between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. …”
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Hundi, kitse ja kapsapea üle jõe viimine. ATU 1579 metamorfoosid by Piret Voolaid

“…The different forms and goals of a type plot may be regarded as points of contact of folklore and folkloristic.…”
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The Third Force in Folklore Studies: Gary Alan Fine's Sociological Approach by Dragana Antonijević

“…It begins with a discussion of both the major and most questioned points of his methodology, continues with a consideration of the wider folkloristical framework of his interpretation, and ends with a suggestion for innovation and improvement of Fine's analytical framework for the interpretation of folk narratives. …”
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Application of the Propp Method in Turkish Tales / Türk Masallarına Propp Metodunun Uygulanışı by Umay Günay

“…In 1973, when I presented the paper, folklore studies were generally carried out by amateur folklorists. The content of the declaration caused great surprise and the mature folklorists who had a say at that time called me a “young storyteller”. …”
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Child Rights during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning from Child Health-and-Rights Professionals across the World by Eva Jörgensen, Laura Wood, Margaret A. Lynch, Nicholas Spencer, Geir Gunnlaugsson

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Plurima mortis imago<br>Podoba mnohotvárnej smrti</br> by Zuzana Profantová

“…She is looking for analogies in folkloristic materials with C. Jung’s hypotheses about dreams and with M. …”
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On the Relation between Translations and the Reception of the Children’s and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen) by Brothers Grimm in Poland by Eliza Pieciul-Karmińska

“…Referring to important studies by folklorists Helena Kapełuś and Dorota Simonides, the author of the article indicates which research topics should be continued and deepened in the field of the Grimm research in Poland. …”
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Mykhailo Drahomanov and Western Ukrainian intellectual elite: on the issue of cultural cooperation in historiography (the middle of the 20th - the early 21st centuries) by Shorstkina O.

“…The achievements of Ukrainian authors - historians, philologists, folklorists, - including the diaspora ones, as well as the papers of European researchers are analyzed. …”
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Ajdi z Ajdovščine nad Rodikom<br>Ajdi from Ajdovščina above Rodik</br> by Katja Hrobat

“…It is taken for a widely spread motif in folkloristics. The author includes the narratives about the continuity, cohabitation and appearance of the Ajdi from the prehistoric and Roman settlement on Ajdovščina above Rodik in the context of the specific area and time. …”
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Sloveenia folkloristika suurmehe Niko Kureti elutööst by Helena Ložar-Podlogar, Ingrid Slavec Gradišnik, Jurij Fikfak

“…Overview of the lasting and meaningful life work of Niko Kuret by Slovenian folklorists Helena Ložar-Podlogar, Ingrid Slavec Gradišnik and Jurij Fikfak.…”
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