Jesse A. Fivecoate

Folklorist and anthropologist. PhD. 🏳‍🌈 he/him

[U of Wisconsin Press @UWiscPress]

We’re excited to announce the publication of three new books coming this winter!

@Ian_G_Baird’s new book will be released in December, Michael Berkowitz’s in January, and @jessefivecoate and @andreakitta’s in January!

For more on fall/winter titles: https://t.co/XMQEYWQCCB

[WCAA is on Mastodon https://sciences.social/@wcaa @WCAAimpact]

"𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬". 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬
4-7 December 2023, on-line
CfP closes 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑
https://t.co/Cj9llAd4W3

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

I passed my dissertation defense last Friday! I could not have done this without my wonderful committee and my amazing friends. Y’all are the absolute best!!!

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

@LeapingPrincess @GMU_Folklore My bestie is FAMOUS!!!

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

@LeapingPrincess I love that!! That would have been me as an undergrad.

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

@LeapingPrincess When I saw this earlier today I totally thought of you!

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

This isn’t good. Folklore has always precariously sat in the academy but we need this program (and more). WKU’s program has trained some of the best folklorists I know and every folklorist has a stake in its continued existence.

[Dr. Andrea Kitta 🎃 👻 @AndreaKitta]

My alma mater @WKU Folk Studies is losing support & may have to be suspended. @WKU & @WKUPcal this program is a leader in our field,& so important especially now when work to understand & support tradition & cultural expression in both public and academic settings is critical

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

@LeapingPrincess I bet this was an amazing paper!

[anthony k webster 🐿 @ethnopoetics]

"In the end what counts is offering one's own work as it develops over time as an example of what anthropology is or can be. Each of us, as anthropologists, develops a highly personalized vision of the discipline, and that diversity weaves the fabric of anthropology."

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

@Michelle885 @LeapingPrincess SAME!!!

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

@stavernise Great piece! I encourage you to check out Dr. Andrea Kitta’s work on this subject! @AndreaKitta

[Assoc4BlackAnthro @ABA_AAA]

Concerning the Possession and Unethical Use of the Remains of the Children of MOVE and the Africa Family:

A Collective Statement from @ABA_AAA, @SbaArch and @BlackinBioAnth

You can access it at: https://t.co/eqrruMoUwI

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

@anarparikh This is not surprising but still disheartening. Thinking back on my undergrad and grad courses, I think the only black anthropologists that we read were in classes specially on the anthropology of race and ethnicity. I’ve also encountered similar issues in folklore.

[dr. amber m. alton @ayeemalt]

I'm willing to do anything to finish my dissertation except sit down everyday and write my dissertation.

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

@allergyPhD Christine J. Walley’s Exit Zero is good. It’s also fairly short. It diverges a bit from autoethnography as she is doing “intimate ethnography”, which is ethnography of family in this case.

[Dr. Andrea Kitta 🎃 👻 @AndreaKitta]

Abstracts for the volume on #ConspiracyTheories is due tomorrow! #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #AskAFolklorist #COVID19 #politics #sciencetwitter #History #Humanities #AcademicTwitter #MedTwitter

[Dr. Kristina Downs @LeapingPrincess]

Vote for Crimelore

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

@sd_anxious @Crimelore1 For the #Twipods I nominate:
#TwipodsFolklore @Crimelore1; #TwipodsParanormal @wildthingpod

[Jesse A. Fivecoate @jessefivecoate]

@KilravockRose Congratulations!!

[Anand Pandian @anandspandian]

What if we were more candid about this, that one writing movingly aims to cast a spell, that "spellbinding" is more than a metaphor meant for back-cover blurbs, that there is in fact something uncanny, possessive, even world-bending, in the power of limpid prose?