FL 560: Folklore in a Digital Age

Information for Final Project and Project Proposal Form

Project Requirements:

1. Proposal Form emailed to instructor on due date. (Cut and paste the below text into your word processing file and print a copy. Save it and put it at the back of the project when you turn it in.)
2. Documentation Cover Sheet completed and attached to the front of the final documentation project.
3. Project Description Sheet completed and attached as directed by the check list materials it should total 1000 - 3000 words in two sections. All sections of the Project Description sheet must be clearly written on the sheet by cutting and pasting your text into it. You should include full bibliographic citations (APA Style or similar) for secondary sources as necessary.
4. The check list (It functions like a table of contents).
5 . Interview samples of least 200 words of transcribed (fully documented electronic communications are acceptable) interview data attached as directed by the check list. Even if you use all 200 word in other parts of the project, you must have a separate page with just all the raw transcription you did to have a complete project.
6 . Documentary materials of a contemporary vernacular communicative behavior including at least 5 discreet examples of that behavior attached as directed by the check list.
7. An informal presentation of your research and results to the rest of class during the final two weeks of the course.
8. The project turned in by the due date.

Please Note:
These communicative events may be documented through "whatever (technological but not ethical) means necessary."
These communicative events must be "observed" by you.
They do not need to be "technological" but they must be "folkloric" in some sense as addressed by you in your Project Description Sheet.
Extra-Credit of 10% for the Final Project will be given for all students who complete the assignment by turning in (via CD-ROM or email attachment) the entire project in an electronic form (If turning the project in electronically, the student can but is not required to turn in a hardcopy as well.)
Graduate students must consult with the instructor to formulate a research project of the appropriate size for the course.

 

Grading and Evaluative Criteria for Project

1. the inclusion of all required materials including the "Documentation Cover Sheet"
2. the materials in the correct order
3. the case made for the collection of these materials
4. the thoroughness of the collection (including both materials and contextual material)
4. the appropriateness of the collection for answering the research question
(Please Note: If the hypothesized answer to your research question seems to be incorrect at the end of the project, that is OK!)
 

 

FL 560: Folklore in a Digital Age

Project Proposal Form Instructions

Graduate Students

Please do not use the form below.

Instead, write a 250 - 500 abstract of your proposed paper as you envision it now. Include some bibliographic sources in a Works Cited section as necessary in addition to the 500 word maximum. Please email the prospectus to me either as an attachment in MS Word, Word Perfect, .rtf, or .pdf format or in the body of the emailed message.

Please list at least 5 book sections and/or articles that you have not yet read and are not in the course readings that will function as your preliminary research into the topic of your project over the coming weeks.

 

Undergraduate Students

Please use the form below by cutting and pasting the following text into a a word processor, complete it, and print it out. Bring the print out to your section meeting on the correct date.

 

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FL 560 Folklore in a Digital Age

Project Proposal Form

Name:_______________________________ Email:_________________

1. Community or folk group where the expressive behavior to be documented occurs (For example, "photoshoppers" or "Tamil speaking community in the Twin Cities".):

 

 

2. Form and medium of expression (For example, "photoshops (computer graphic files) exchanged in on participatory website at http://photoshopcontest.com/.):

 

3. Focus Behavior (For example, "the digital altering of newspaper photos for political commentary"):

 

4. Proposed Methods (For example, collection of 5 examples and 51 hour or less interviews with the creators of those photoshops):