International Society for Ethnology and Folklore Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore Internationale Gesellschaft für Ethnologie und Folklore SIEF is an international scholarly organization founded in 1964. Autumn 2018 The major purpose of SIEF is to facilitate cooperation among scholars working within Vol.16 No.2 European Ethnology, Folklore Studies and adjoining fields. EdiTORIAL C O N TE N T S DEAR SIEF MEMBERS, 1 Letter of the President - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 SIEF 2019 in Santiago de Compostela - - - - - - - - - - -- 3 Did you know that SIEF offers an interesting program for 3 Post -Congress Pilgrimage - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 young scholars? In this newsletter you can find out more. 4 SIEF 2019 Mentoring Program - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 5 SIEF Summer School - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 Have a look at the report on SIEF’s Summer School in Aberdeen 6 News on ICH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 in June and read the experiences of some of the participants! 7 SIEF Young Scholar Prize - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 The next Summer School will take place in Siena in 2020 – more 8 News of Working Groups - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 to be announced during our international congress in Santiago de 1 Historical Approaches - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 2 Ethnology of Religion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 Compostela. This will also be the place where the next Young Scholar Prize will be awarded. 3 Migration and Mobility - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 You can find the Call in this issue. 4 Food Research - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 5 Francophone Working Group - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 A new event is the Congress Mentoring Program, organized by the Young Scholars Working 6 Ritual Year - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Group. It aims to bring together early-career researchers and more experienced scholars 9 SIEF at EASA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26 10 Other News - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 to provide learning opportunities for both sides. Finally, we are glad to inform you that 1 Call for Papers: Religious Heritage in a Diverse Europe - - - - - - 27 the map on higher education which was first launched in 2014 and which is meant to help 2 Research Project: European Ethnology during the Cold War - - - - 28 young students to find their way is being updated. 3 Centenary of the Hellenic Folklore Research Centre - - - - - - - 32 4 Report: Emotions, Senses and Affects in Southeast Europe - - - - 34 There is a lot more going on: conferences of working groups, SIEF’s engagement in 5 Report: Rocking Islam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 11 SIEF Journals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39 UNESCO, new publications,… And, of course, the preparations of SIEF2019. See you all 12 New Publications - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 40 there! Sophie Elpers ISSN 2213-3607 ETTER OF THE REsidENT 1 L P the Palio, it will offer a splendid context for examining the policies and practices DEAR COLLEAGUES, of heritage-making. Are you ready for tracking changes in Santiago de Compostela, April 14–17, 2019? The Call for Papers for our biennial congress has just been closed and – judging by The SIEF2018 calendar has also been the number of submissions – we are looking at a great turnout of delegates from marked by conferences, workshops, all parts of Europe and beyond. public presentations and other events organized by the Society’s working The topics of the SIEF2019 panels cover a variety of diverse subfields and approaches to groups, frequently prepared in fruitful a transforming world: from disciplinary and methodological discussions to environmental cooperation with national ethnological concerns, from changes in economy and work to migrations and mobility, from politics and folklore-research institutions. The and social movements to heritage and religion. That, together with an exciting list of key- gathering of SIEF Francophone Work- note speakers, an audiovisual media programme and workshops, book launches, working ing Group, for instance, served as an group events, meetings of journal editors and representatives of departments and study opportunity to highlight the centenary programmes in E&F etc., promises stimulating discussions of the theme and good grounds of the Hellenic Folklore Research Cen- for developing our fields further. If you are eager to take the SIEF togetherness a step tre at the Academy of Athens – we con- further and ‘think with your feet’ in the landscape of Galicia, along a camino trail, you may gratulate our colleagues there on their join the post-congress pilgrimage to Fisterra. Furthermore, SIEF’s Young Scholars Working achievements and wish them success in Group is considering ways to strengthen links between SIEF members in different phases their future work. Nevena Škrbić Alempijević. of their careers. If you are willing to share knowledge and experience in innovative forms during our gathering in Santiago, please read the text about the congress-related mentor- It has also been a busy year of preparing SIEF publications. One of our main objectives in ing programme and keep an eye out for the programme’s call for applications. that domain, along with providing books and volumes authored or edited by our members with visibility and outreach, is to give support to the editors of SIEF journals. This year’s In years between congresses, SIEF also organizes various events and activities. Some of second issue of Ethnologia Europaea, dedicated to the topic of tour guides as cultural me- these, like the SIEF Summer School, are oriented towards early-career scholars. The last diators, is already at the disposal of SIEF members, whereas the next, a mixed volume of one, hosted by the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, brought together PhD Cultural Analysis, will be available soon after you read the SIEF Newsletter. students and lecturers for nine productive days of fieldwork encounters and discussions of the role of ethnologists in the community of Portsoy, Scotland. The location of the next Collecting and sharing information about higher education in our fields is one of our Summer School, 2020, has already been decided: Siena, Italy. Since it will take place during missions. In order to visualize this data and make the links to educational institutions in Autumn 2018 vol.16 no.2 2 L ETTER P RESIDENT Europe constantly accessible, SIEF uses an interactive map of university departments and 2 SIEF 2019 in SANTIAGO DE COmpOSTELA programmes in European Ethnology, Folklore Studies and (Europeanist) Anthropology. After a few years of its successful existence, we needed to update the information posted WELCOME TO SANTIAGO DE COmpOSTELA on SIEF website, to integrate recent changes in the academic landscape. At the beginning The 14th international SIEF Congress invites you to Santiago de Compostela, of the next year, the map will be accessible in its refreshed look. I would like to thank all our the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia in north-western Spain and national liaisons who have been working diligently to provide SIEF with an overview of the the destination of the Camino de Santiago, one of the most important pilgrimage current state of the art in E&F. routes from medieval times. Engagement in heritage institutions and heritage research is another important profes- The congress theme sional pursuit for many SIEF members. Heritage production and use have long been one of Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World the foci in our discussions, particularly through the work of the Working Group on Cultural draws upon both the ethnological explorations of human life and its continual change Heritage and Property. The possibilities and challenges of becoming immersed in the poli- as well as the transforming, yet constant, Camino. tics of heritage-making have now been revisited, since SIEF has again obtained the status of one of UNESCO’s non-governmental organizations. It is by exploring this and such op- For more than a thousand years, people have flocked to Santiago de Compostela. Every portunities that SIEF maintains its viability, remains open to new contexts, but also sharp- visitor has their own particular reason to come to this city – you will be visiting to attend ens its critical edge. the SIEF2019 Congress, but you might also want to share the experience of the pilgrims Nevena Škrbić Alempijević, SIEF president San Pedro Street, entrance to the Camino de Santiago in the city. Photo: Sonia García. Autumn 2018 vol.16 no.2 3 SIE F 2019 historic center has well preserved mediaeval streets and bears traces in its architecture of many ages; a stand-out feature are the stone facades with arcades in the Rúa del Vilar or Rúa Nova (rúa means “street” in Galician). Walking through these cobbled streets on a rainy day in April (don’t forget to bring suitable rainwear!) or sitting in one of the many squares is a feast for the senses, watching visitors from all over the world passing by, mingling with the locals, or in one of the many bars and restaurants that offer typical Galician food. A must-see is the City Market where farmers from the surrounding areas sell their local produce. The School of History and Art, whose building is a few meters away, has a beautiful library which is well worth a visit. The Uni- versity of Santiago has its origins at the beginning of the 16th century, when the Fonseca School was built;