Agita Misāne takes part in a conference in Portland

From 1 to 4 November this year, the annual congress of the American Folklore Society took place in Portland, Oregon (USA). This year’s congress was dedicated to the theme of social roots and rootedness and brought together 850 participants.

Agita Misāne, researcher at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia (LU LFMI), took part in the panel “Vernacular Religion in Europe: Place Narratives, Retold Places, and Contested Spaces.” The panel was dedicated to the academic legacy of the late American scholar of religion and theorist of vernacular religion Leonard Primiano, and to its influence on folkloristics. It was organized within the framework of the Baltic Research Programme project “Retold Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes as Inclusive Spaces and Places: Shared Imagination and Multilayered Cultural Heritage.”