!!!Volkskundeatlas, Österreichischer

Volkskundeatlas, Oesterreichischer (Atlas of Austrian Folklore), atlas 
compiled on the basis of questionnaires concerning various aspects of 
folklore (types of settlement, land-use patterns, farmstead types, 
house types, agricultural equipment, folk costumes, food, customs, 
social and religious folklore, popular art, games, sports, folk tales) 
that were prepared and analysed in line with academic standards. The 
project was financed by the "Society for the Folklore Atlas in 
Austria" (founded in 1955). The Atlas of Austrian Folklore was 
published in 6 phases from 1959 to 1979 under the patronage of the 
Austrian Academy of Sciences; it encompasses 117 sheets and several 
annotation volumes. From the 2%%sup nd/%  phase onwards, the project 
was headed by R. Wolfram. Maps and annotations continued in the Atlas 
of Austrian Folklore provide information on the geographic 
distribution and historical development of various elements of a 
popular culture that was chiefly regarded as pertaining to the peasant 
and rural community. The Atlas of Austrian Folklore was the last major 
publication of the so-called agrarian phase of academic  Folklore 
Studies in Austria.

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