Introduction to Folklore: Oral Traditions - English 2423 / Anthropology 2423

This section of Introduction to Folklore is a service-learning section that is partnering with the WordPlay Teen Writing Project in Baton Rouge. Students will be involved with the ethnography of performance and oral literature in the context of a service-learning project with WordPlay. WordPlay is a writing program that fosters the oral performance of poetry in the genre of slam poetry. This kind of spoken word performance has become a traditional form of expression in many folk communities in the United States, and in international contexts as well. Students in this section of ANTH/ENGL 2423 will have the opportunity to observe performances in the making and act as creative directors for teens preparing for Baton Rouge's annual slam festival held in May.