Working Group Coordinators
Rok Mrvič, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology
rok.mrvic@zrc-sazu.si
Saša Babič, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology
sasa.babic@zrc-sazu.si
The Working Group on Short Folklore Forms (SFF) brings together scholars of folklore to explore a wide range of short folklore forms, with particular attention to the multimodality of their everyday manifestations. The group was established in recognition of the fact that many of these forms do not fit traditional genre categories, leaving them overlooked, underexplored, or misinterpreted within international folkloristic research.
Moving beyond the well-studied realms of proverbs, riddles, swearwords, and other relatively well-established genres, the group seeks to investigate short folklore forms, emphasizing that through their diversity and interconnectedness they play a vital role in shaping contemporary vernacular culture and everyday communication. The main objectives of the working group are to highlight the cultural significance of short folklore forms in present-day creativity across various linguistic and cultural contexts, advance their comparative study across genres, foster innovative theoretical and methodological approaches, and work toward conceptual and terminological clarity in international research. The group is open to all researchers, regardless of their specific genre interests, since its scope is not limited to one genre but embraces the full spectrum of short folklore forms.