Thinking with Fungus
Sharing a recent piece I wrote for the wonderful online folklore journal, BorderLore.
Just this past weekend, my recent article, inspired from the third chapter of my dissertation, went live on BorderLore! This online folklore-centered publication has a section called “Thinking like a Folklorist” which publishes short articles for popular audiences about what it means to think like a folklorist from folklorist’s perspectives. If you’re interested in taking a look at what I wrote, and checking out an amazing ongoing project in the folklore world, follow the link below!
Thinking with Fungus: How understanding mushrooms and mycelial networks makes me a better folklorist by Daisy Ahlstone
About BorderLore
BorderLore is a free online journal documenting, sharing, and elevating folklife in the US-Mexico borderlands region. We publish six times a year to uplift folklife practices often “hidden in plain view” and to connect people across culture, tradition, and geography.
One way to think about folklife is as “the embellishment of the ordinary,” or the ways we bring a particular “flair” to the things we make, say, and do in shared groups, based on family or cultural tradition, occupational custom, or creative practice developed and passed on over time….
BorderLore is published by the Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA), an affiliate non-profit organization of the University of Arizona, housed within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the designated Folk Arts Partner of the Arizona Commission on the Arts with the support of the National Endowment of the Arts. SFA’s mission is to build more equitable and vibrant communities by celebrating the everyday expressions of culture, heritage and diversity in the Greater Southwest.
Connect with the wonderful independent work of being animal (Kimi Eisele) who helped me throughout the publication process!
