Folklore Dissertations and Theses

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    FROM BATEY TO MARQUESINA: THE HISTORY, FORM, AND USE OF THE CARPORT IN PUERTO RICO
    ([Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2024-07) Colom Braña, Gloria M.; Jackson, Jason Baird
    This project examines the cultural practices enacted within carports in Puerto Rico, specifically how these have been transferred from the packed earth batey in front of the house, to the modernist space associated with car storage. The research interweaves material culture, geography, and folkloristic ethnography to gain a more complete concept of how vernacular architecture continues to develop in Puerto Rico. This work takes into account the Puerto Rico’s historic relationship to the United States and the contemporary economic, social, and political realities. I traveled to Puerto Rico during the summers and fall over various years, performing a building survey of single-family houses throughout the municipality of Arecibo, archival research, interviews, an online survey, ethnographic observations, and autoethnographic reflections. The introductory chapter presents the research context, theoretical framing, and methodology along with a chapter breakdown. The rest of the dissertation is dedicated to presenting (1) the historical context of how the carport became endemic in Puerto Rico as part of overarching changes throughout Puerto Rico, with the socio-cultural impact; (2) taking a closer look at the carport as a space within the Puerto Rican house, its different materials and components, the relationship of each part to the other, and what these say about contemporary Puerto Rican houses; (3) an analysis of the social and cultural engagements within carports, ranging from daily interactions to life major life events, and how people’s relationship to the carport is changing due to climate, political, and economic changes occurring in Puerto Rico. This project contributes to folklore studies by researching uses of space that have not been previously studied, and within these spaces, seeking the contemporary adaptations of traditional interactions in modernist spaces, in such a way that can be compared to other case studies throughout the world.
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    “Inside of Each Story Was a Piece of My Story”: Applied Folklore Addressing Stigma Around Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
    ([Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University[, 2017-02) Perkins, Jodine; Jackson, Jason Baird
    Situated within scholarship on applied folklore, this dissertation discusses and evaluates the 2013–2015 Pacific Post Partum Support Society’s (PPPSS) “Strengthening Community-based Resources for Families Experiencing Perinatal Depression and Anxiety and Their Health Care Providers” project. In this project, working with PPPSS staff, contractors, and volunteers, I used mixed methods to create educational resources and new services for clients and professional helpers. The overall project was designed to reduce the stigma of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) and to encourage struggling new parents to reach out for help sooner, when treatment is likely to be less expensive and more effective. Making use of post-project follow-up interviews with project participants and staff, this dissertation documents, reflects on, and evaluates this project in order to serve as a case study to guide the development and implementation of similar applied folklore projects. By analyzing the narratives of project participants, this dissertation also examines the multifaceted, pervasive, and profound impact of stigma on new parents’ perinatal experiences, especially those experiencing a PMAD. This dissertation also discusses the process of sharing personal experience narratives in a supportive environment that formed the key inspiration for this applied project, as well some of the potential impacts on parents who share these narratives, including providing a way to understand their own experiences. This dissertation encourages additional applied folklore work to support struggling new parents and offers suggestions for how health care providers, community support workers, and friends and family members can better support new parents in the hopes of promoting positive outcomes for families.