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Folk Cited Recap: Queer Mycology and Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

An image of a stack of books with two 3D printed slugs on top. There are also plants and a sign in the background that reads “Folkwise is Alive @ Twitch.tv/Folkwise. Worm theory.” The texts included are: “Mushroom at the End of the World” by Anna Tsing; “Entangled Life” by Merlín Sheldrake; “The Multispecies Salon” ed. by Eben Kirksey; “Performing Environmentalisms” ed. by McDowell, Borland, Dirksen, and Tuohy; “Finding the Mother Forest” by Suzanne Simard; “Radical Mycology” by Peter McCoy.

Mycology is the study of fungi, which includes mushrooms and yeasts. This is an interdisciplinary field most notably carried out in hard sciences and biological fields, but has branched out into other disciplines and collaborations, including grassroots and community movements. These groups work together with fungi to help us better understand the influence of fungusContinue reading “Folk Cited Recap: Queer Mycology and Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake”

Frantic Fanfic: Co-narration and Chaos!

Last week on Folkwise Live (02/15/22) we got a few members of the team together to play a group game of Frantic Fanfic (and it’s free and uses a web browser to play!). This creative writing game gives players an opportunity to author parts of a fanfiction narrative based on somewhat randomized pairs of characters.Continue reading “Frantic Fanfic: Co-narration and Chaos!”

Folkwise will be at the American Folklore Society’s Annual Conference!

Folkwise has been hired by the American Folklore Society to make the 2021 annual conference experience feel more hybridized for attendants.