Working Group Coordinators
Lidija Stojanović, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
lidijast@ukim.edu.mk
Goran Djurdjević, University of Zadar
goran.djurdjevich@gmail.com
The working group on Environmental and ecological narratives (EEN) seeks to bridge Folk Narrative Research with environmental concerns, fostering collaboration across disciplines and generations of scholars. By building on the foundational work of folklorists like Lauri Honko, Matti Kamppinen, Åke Hultkrantz, Tok Thompson, and Cristina Bacchilega, our group aims to deepen the understanding of folk narratives through inter- and transdisciplinary lenses. This approach could yield fresh insights into how traditional stories reflect ecological issues and humanistic challenges. We intend to focus on the following areas of research: nature and digital/artificial environments in human psychology; the position of women in various environmental contexts; ecological narratives across cultures and time periods; environmental storytelling and belief systems; econarratives from ideas to materiality.