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تودهشناسی
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branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore
Key facts
- Field
- Cultural anthropology , Anthropology , Ethnology , Cultural studies , Literary studies , Musicology , Sociology
- Origin
- Early 19th century Europe
- Key people
- Brothers Grimm , Franz Boas , Alan Dundes , Richard Dorson , Alan Lomax
- Purpose
- Study and preservation of Folklore , Oral tradition , Folk culture , Cultural heritage , and Traditional knowledge through Ethnography , Field research , and Archival research . Development of concepts like Folk process , Public folklore , and Folklife
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cultural anthropology
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- practiced by
- folklorist
- topic's main category
- Category:Folklore studies
- Commons category
- Folklorists
- Classification of Instructional Programs code
- 05.0209
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Folklore
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