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Cultural Analysis 24,1 (2026): Translation in/of Folklore Studies: Perspectives from East Asia. Guest Editor: Timothy Thurston

This special issue of Cultural Analysis uses the example of folkloristic research in and about China—where translation of English-language theoretical writing, and minority traditions play a key role in the history, current status, and future trajectories of the folkloristic discipline—to re-center perspectives on translation in folkloristic theory and stimulate interest in translation work within the discipline. Each article brings a different theoretical and topical concern to the panel, but all fundamentally seek to understand translation in studies of expressive cultures from the People’s Republic of China. Though the editors do not intentionally exclude Taiwan, Singapore, or other parts of the “Sinophone world,” the contributions to the volume come from research with communities in the People’s Republic of China by virtue of our own positioning and research interests rather than by design. However, it may also reflect the relative importance of translation and the folkloristic project in these different locations.

Articles

Timothy Thurston | University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Translation in Public Folklore Projects: Thoughts and Experiences from a Collaboration in Tibet
Wenhong Luo | William Paterson University, USA
American “Quilt” in Thick Translation: An Autoethnography from a Museum Translator
Mark Bender | The Ohio State University, USA
Winged Ones: Translating Aku Wuwu’s Poetic Worlds
Juwen Zhang | Willamette University, USA
Ideological Agenda in Translation: A Look at Two Chinese Folktales

Response

Jing Li | Gettysburg College, USA
The Folklorist as Translator: Translation, Folkloristics, and Disciplinary Self-Reflection
Jason Baird Jackson | Indiana University Bloomington, USA
Two Notes on the Topic of Translation
You can find the whole issue here Cultural Analysis 2026 and here Cultural Analysis vol 24.1 Translation in/of Folklore Studies: Perspective from East Asia (pdf)

Forthcoming: Ethnologia Europaea 56, 1 (2026)

We are delighted to announce that the next issue of Ethnologia Europaea – Journal of European Ethnology will be out in mid-June. It is a lively and wide-ranging issue, moving from the politics of personal names in Swedish academia to experiences of wildfire, fear of wild animals, culinary creativity, cake exchange in Norwegian confirmation celebrations, and changing agrarian worlds in the Italian Eastern Alps. As you journey through this issue, you'll discover thought-provoking discussions on daily life, rituals, interactions with the natural world, and a tapestry of unexpected connections.

The issue features contributions by Maja Povrzanović Frykman and Eleonora Narvselius, Jenny Ingridsdotter, Riin Magnus, Auður Viðarsdóttir, Hildegunn Valen Kleive, and, in the Ethnographic Snapshot, Almut Schneider and Elisabeth Tauber.

We look forward to sharing the new issue with you soon!

Ethnologia Europaea is part of Berghahn Open Anthro, a subscription-to-open model that enables open-access publication. To ensure its sustainability, please recommend it to your library: https://www.berghahnbooks.com/journals/opensociety/

Alexandra Schwell & Patrick Laviolette (editors-in-chief), Agnieszka Pasieka (section editor), Victoria Lammer (editorial assistant)

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