Folklore studies

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Folklore studies (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK)^[1] is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms,^{[note 1]} gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the academic study of traditional culture from the folklore artifacts themselves. It became established as a field across both Europe and North America, coordinating with Volkskunde (German), folkeminner (Norwegian), and folkminnen (Swedish), among others.^[5]

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