Welcome to our 2nd installment of Digital Folklore Unplugged.

These unplugged episodes are all about stripping away the fancy production elements so that we can give you access to raw (or slightly edited) interviews with folklore experts.

Today’s guest is Dr. Diane Rodgers. Diane is a senior lecturer in Media at Sheffield Hallam University where she specializes in Alternative Media and Storytelling in film and television. Her research interests relate to the communication of folklore and contemporary legend in the media including: folk horror; folklore on screen; the supernatural, ‘spooky’ television programming aimed at children, and other darkly fascinating topics.

Diane’s PhD research was on folk horror and hauntology in 'wyrd' 1970s British Film and Television. She’s also co-founder of the Centre for Contemporary Legend research group.

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Also mentioned in this episode was the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research (ISCLR).

Ok, let’s get unplugged…

Guest:

• Dr. Diane A. Rodgers (Twitter) (Website)

Relevant Books (Amazon Associate Links)

• Folk Horror: New Global Pathways, edited by Dawn Keetley & Ruth Heholt
• The Friends in the Furrows (anthology of folk horror)
• Dark Folklore, by Mark Norman
• Hauntology: Ghosts of Futures Past, by Merlin Coverley
• Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures, by Mark Fisher

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