http://www.metafilter.com/tags/dundes Posts tagged with 'dundes' at MetaFilter. Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:17:06 -0800 Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:17:06 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/40896/Folklorist%2DAlan%2DDundes%2Ddead%2Dat%2D70 <a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/01/BAGLHC1NOC1.DTL">Alan Dundes dies while teaching.</a> <a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/03/31_dundes.shtml">The world-renowned folklorist</a>, 70, <a href="http://www.threes.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=2">tackled</a> everything from <a href="http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/17950/format/print/edition_id/358/displaystory.print">religion</a> to <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/1996/01/dundes.html">political jokes</a> with an infectious enthusiam that <a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2000/04/19/windfall.html">endeared him to students</a>, academics, and laymen alike. Dundes was often contacted by reporters looking for scholarly <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/v-print/story/12575984p-13430682c.html">explanations</a> of <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1727-2005Feb5.html?referrer=emailarticle">popular</a> <a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/08/23_bear-folklore.html">culture</a>. His warmth and humor shined through in his <a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/05/commencement/dundes.html">speech to UC Berkeley's Class of 2002</a>, characteristically full of wise words and wisecracks. Those wishing to share thoughts and memories of Prof. Dundes can do so at <a href="http://culturalheritageinternational.org/forums/index.php?site=memorial&bn=">this forum</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40896 Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:17:06 -0800 anthropology dundes folklore obituary Aster