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Field Notes for Storytellers: Research, Security, and the Archival Muse fills a wide gap in storytelling instruction by helping you organize and conduct the research that underpins the stories you tell. There are four modules in the course, and each of them draws upon my experience as a storyteller, a folklorist, a doctoral researcher of ethically sensitive topics, and the CEO of a technology company.
In January, I introduced you to the folkloristics of material culture via the Maggie Wall Witch Monument near Dunning in Perth and my visit there in November 2025. Material culture is a broad topic covering everything from traditional recipes to vernacular architecture, but my specific interest was in shrines as places of cultural memory. I also discussed the concern Perthshire locals have about "ritual litter" at the monument but concluded that I was more comfortable with the votive offerings there than I was with the ones I had seen at Dunino Den earlier in the day. This dispatch continues that discussion.
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