This is so random!

wollywaka

Where is th. 1 in the newman building? :S

Joe10000

Beside th.2 ? Dunno go on tell me

delta_bravo

It isn't

wollywaka

Does anyone know what lecture hall we're in for Traditional Storytelling today so?

misslt

Go in the door beside the services desk and down the stairs on the left hand side..

CokaColumbo

Do you mean theatre N1? If so, it's in the basement. Just go down the big stairs beside the help desk and it'll be on your left.

TimeToShine

OSI wrote: »

It's here...

But seriously, Traditional Storytelling? Sounds like a career defining module that one...

Some people like to take modules they enjoy in first year rather than what social policy dictates...

parker kent

OSI wrote: »

It's here...

But seriously, Traditional Storytelling? Sounds like a career defining module that one...

For traditional storytellers, I am sure it is

But seriously, how do you expect future teachers etc to learn about these things if Universities don't teach them?

Conor108

Well while we're all here, is this week 19?

Tayto2000

parker kent wrote: »

For traditional storytellers, I am sure it is

But seriously, how do you expect future teachers etc to learn about these things if Universities don't teach them?

Given that the National Folklore Collection is housed in Newman, (it's one of the largest repositories of oral ethnological materials in the world) I would imagine that this module relates to this, covering oral history etc.

(A lot of the folklore collection was recorded by talking to traditional storytellers in the 50s and 60s. Most of the material collected existed in purely oral form and would have been lost forever without the folklore project.)

parker kent

Tayto2000 wrote: »

Given that the National Folklore Collection is housed in Newman, (it's one of the largest repositories of oral ethnological materials in the world) I would imagine that this module relates to this, covering oral history etc.

(A lot of the folklore collection was recorded by talking to traditional storytellers in the 50s and 60s. Most of the material collected existed in purely oral form and would have been lost forever without the folklore project.)

My point was more that there are all sorts of worthwhile academic activities. I don't know the ins and outs of that module, but there is a creeping anti-academic attitude growing that I'm not fond of in Ireland (i.e. people scoffing at a module, subject, course etc with attitudes like "what use to the country will that be?" or "how will you get a job with that?"). So courses like traditional storytelling or any other humanities subject are important for countless reasons!