JEF Vol. 12. No 2

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics (JEF) is a multidisciplinary forum for scholars. Addressed to an international scholarly audience, JEF is open to contributions from researchers all over the world. JEF is a peer-reviewed journal, issued two times per year. JEF is the joint publication of the Estonian National Museum, the Estonian Literary Museum and the University of Tartu.

The journal was established in 2007 by merging three former periodicals dedicated to the study of ethnology and folkloristics: Pro Ethnologia (19 volumes in 1993-2005), published by the Estonian National Museum, Studies in Folklore and Popular Religion (3 volumes in 1996-1999) and Studies in Folk Culture (5 volumes in 2003-2005), published by the University of Tartu (Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore and Department of Ethnology).

Table of Contents

Editorial
Art Leete“Editorial Impressions: Bricolage and the Ethnographic Field”

Articles
Sadhana Naithani “Related by Contradiction: Folklore and Archive”
Baburam Saikia “An Introduction to the Sattra Culture of Assam: Belief, Change in Tradition and Current Entanglement”
YiShan Lea “The Agricultural Deities of Q’eqchi’ Mayas, Tzuultag’as: Agricultural Rituals as Historical Obligation and Avatar of the Cultural Reservoir in Rural Lanqu?n, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala”
Tatyana Bulgakova “Alcohol as a Unifying Force in the Shamanic Community: Nanai Case Study”
Eva Toulouze “A Man of Words and Silence: A Siberian Intellectual’s Mixed Patterns of Communication”
Tatiana Alybina “Contemporary Mari Belief: The Formation of Ethnic Religion”
Jana Reidla “Curators with and without Collections: A Comparative Study of Changes in the Curator’s Work at National Museums in Finland and in the Baltic States”

Notes and Reviews
Igor Mikeshin “Believing, Belonging, and Durkheiming: A Report on the 16th Annual EASR conference”
Eva Toulouze, Nikolai Anisimov “Drinks in the Culture of the Peoples of the Volga-Urals Region: 3rd Ethnographic Field Symposium in Ludorvay, Udmurtia, September 18-20, 2018”
Tatiana Vagramenko “Book Review: Sustaining Russia’s Arctic Cities”

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