{"id":13289,"date":"2024-10-29T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T09:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=13289"},"modified":"2024-10-29T11:29:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T11:29:03","slug":"in-multicultural-britain-local-folklore-is-just-as-important-as-ever-the-centre-for-contemporary-legend-at-sheffield-hallam-university-to-conduct-the-ukri-funded-national-folklore-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/in-multicultural-britain-local-folklore-is-just-as-important-as-ever-the-centre-for-contemporary-legend-at-sheffield-hallam-university-to-conduct-the-ukri-funded-national-folklore-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"‘In multicultural Britain, local folklore is just as important as ever’ – The Centre for Contemporary Legend at Sheffield Hallam University to conduct the UKRI-funded National Folklore Survey."},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Robin Hood, Morris dances and UFOs: English folklore survey gets post-Brexit reboot. A fresh look at cultural identity will follow outline of 60-year-old Survey of Language and Folklore, conducted by two academics driving a red Mini’<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As seen in The Guardian<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Centre for Contemporary Legend at Sheffield Hallam University, is to conduct the UKRI-funded National Folklore Survey, to discover how folklore informs national identity in \u201cpost-Brexit, post-pandemic, multicultural England\u201d.<\/p>\n

Also seen in The Telegraph.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘Robin Hood, Morris dances and UFOs: English folklore survey gets post-Brexit reboot. A fresh look at cultural identity will follow outline of 60-year-old Survey of Language and Folklore, conducted by two academics driving a red Mini’ As seen in The Guardian. The Centre for Contemporary Legend at Sheffield Hallam University, is to conduct the UKRI-funded National Folklore Survey, to discover […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20701,"featured_media":13290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[1702,1612,172,596,593,1283,1927,2374,1588],"class_list":["post-13289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ccms","tag-contemporary-legend-and-folklore","tag-david-clarke","tag-diane-rodgers","tag-folklore","tag-folklore-research","tag-the-guardian","tag-the-telegraph","tag-ukri"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2024\/10\/Folklore-survey-We-Are-Hallam-Image-e1730195090683.jpg?fit=900%2C616&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8oFHo-3sl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13320,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/national-folklore-survey-nfs-dr-david-clarke-on-the-exciting-new-project-that-provide-insights-into-beliefs-customs-and-traditions-in-contemporary-england\/","url_meta":{"origin":13289,"position":0},"title":"National Folklore Survey (#NFS) – Dr David Clarke on the exciting new project that provide insights into beliefs, customs and traditions in contemporary England","author":"Phoebe Bolton","date":"29\/10\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In Charlie Cooper\u2019s new series Myth Country (streaming on BBC I-player) the actor and writer reveals his passion for folklore and how the peculiar rituals and traditions of this country \u2018bring people together\u2019. 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