Joint Estonian–Hungarian Seminar “Global and Local Elements in Contemporary Folklore in Hungary and Estonia”
Joint Estonian–Hungarian Seminar “Global and Local Elements in Contemporary Folklore in Hungary and Estonia”

Summary/Abstract: A new academic cooperation started in 2022, bringing together researchers of contemporary folklore from two institutions: the Estonian Literary Museum in Tartu, Estonia, and the Institute of Ethnology of the Research Centre for the Humanities in Budapest, Hungary. The aim of the project is to collect and analyze jokes, memes, contemporary legends and other contemporary folklore forms (e.g., school lore), their usage and dynamics in order to detect playfulness and creativity in the (new) formats they take and address the way they reflect the social reality that gives rise to them. The project aims to take into account cross-cultural as well as diachronic and synchronic perspectives, offering a unique and innovative perspective in folklore studies of Estonia, Hungary, and Belarus. The first joint seminar within the framework of the cooperation was held at the Institute of Ethnology in Budapest on November 29, 2022. The nine presentations were connected in many ways, at the same time covering a wide range of topics.

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