This comparative study analyzes Klyment Kvitka's ethnomusicological guides in contrast to other Ukrainian folk music guides.
Cherwick, BrianThis essay analyzes the organic and superorganic natures of folklore in contemporary folklore theories.
Folklore assignments
Cherwick, Brian"Aspects of symbolically encoded interaction between insiders -The participants and audience of wedding rituals" discusses the wedding as a performance and drama. Includes bibliography.
"Development of the question of symbols in Ukrainian folkloristics" discusses symbols described by Kostomarov and Potebnia.
Bibliography for the course UKR 632 taught by Dr. Medwidsky. The bibliography deals with the question of research methods in Ukrainian folklore studies primarily concerned with Ukrainian language works dealing with methodology.
"Sing until you drop: The Ukrainian folk song tradition in western Canada" analyzes 19 lyrical-lifestyle folk songs and one kolomeika (dance song) sung at two informal singing sessions by two Canadian choir groups. Includes: essay and interview index
"Studynetz: The preparation of a traditional Ukrainian dish" project includes an essay and a videorecording of Mary Cherewyk of Saskatchewan where she describes the preparation of jellied pork hocks (studenetz).
"Symbol, sign, allegory - Theoretical considerations - Printed summaries and inventories of symbols" discusses semiotics and its application to folklore. Includes bibliography.
"Symbolism from the wedding ritual as found in the winter song cycle" discusses references to weddings in carol texts.
"Symbolism in the wedding ritual marking the passage of a young woman from single to married status" discusses elements of in the Ukrainian wedding tradition that symbolize change for the bride. Includes bibliography.
"The Electric Tsymbaly: An instrument from the past plugs into the future" describes attempts by Michael and Joe Tkachyk to electrify the traditional tsymbaly.
The essay "The Ukrainian wedding: The effect of memebership in Ukrainian cultural organizations on retention of Ukrainian wedding traditions" discusses the influence of cultural groups such as the "Shumka Dancers" in preserving and reviving traditional rituals, Appendix, Project Proposal, Annotated Bibliography
"Ukrainian folk art and performance; Three genres of Ukrainian ceramics in Edmonton" discusses three genres of ceramic work currently being produced in Alberta: traditional - revivalist, contemporary, and decalomania. bib. Includes a Project Proposal "Proposal for Project Dealing with Ukrainian Ceramics in Edmonton: Decalomania versus other Decorative Techniques".
"The Ukrainian Christmas carolling tradition in Western Canada" analyzes the extent to which archaic, non-religious carols occur in the repertoire of singers as opposed to those carols encouraged by the church. Includes: essay, interview index, and project proposal.