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Text creation and text reproduction in Irish folk culture: a study of folklore texts collected by adults and by children

Koptev, Nikita
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2023-06-19
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Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Gaeilge, Irish folklore, text creation, storytelling, cultural development of children, folklore archive, béaloideas
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In his 2006 TED talk, Sir Ken Robinson proposed the idea that public schools offer a disservice to children by stripping them of creativity in the process of education (Robinson, 2006). Creativity being regarded as an intrinsic characteristic of our species is inevitable for personal growth and societal evolution. Thus, the accusation by Robinson looks serious. Being stripped of creativity is being degraded into something not entirely human. This thesis is not going to assess the validity of the accusation. It is, however, going to explore a fascinating case of an opposite phenomenon that happened in 1937-38, when, because of a group of academic scholarsin Dublin, the biggest experiment in creativity using school children in Ireland was conducted. As Diarmuid Ó Giolláin states, ‘the Irish Folklore Commission’s folklore collection was one of the most important cultural projects in Irish history’ (Ó Giolláin, 2005: 236)
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NUI Galway
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