Presenting Family Folk History
Last updated 11/2022
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 599.74 MB | Duration: 0h 44m
Introductory Course
What you'll learn
Discover the meaning and importance of folklore in family history.
Explore the wide variety of folklife practices that inform and contribute to your personal and family history.
Learn about the different ways to record your family folk history.
Use a variety of mediums to present and display your family folk history.
Requirements
This is a beginners course. No previous experience in folklore or family history is required.
Basic computer skills required.
You will need access to a computer with programs such as Word or Google Docs.
A voice and/or video recording device, such as a phone or camera.
Description
Learn the meaning and importance of Family Folklore and how it relates to your Family History through our Finding Myself questionnaire. Use this knowledge to delve deeper into your Family Folk History and discover the more meaningful and nuanced aspects of it. The course consists of 5 Units; each unit has a video, accompanying lecture and includes downloadable templates that you can use to complete practical, easy and very achievable projects. Those who take the course are certain to feel very surprised at the very rich Family Folk History that they themselves and other family members possess. You will learn how simple, subtle and generally unnoticed Folkways are a part of your everyday life and how you are the custodian and messenger of unique and invaluable Folk Knowledge. You will discover practical ways to document and pass down your Family Folklore to others. There are no prerequisites for this course. You do not need an academic background to understand or complete it. If you have already done only a little or even plenty of research into your Family...
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