Dr Eric Miller
PhD in Folklore,
MSc in Psychology
Scholar, Writer (Fiction and
Non-fiction),
Storytelling and Writing
Instructor,
Psychological Counsellor, Life
Coach,
and Storytelling Therapy
Trainer
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89 writings relating to:
Storytelling.
Storytelling
Therapy.
Videoconferencing.
Tamil Nadu,
South India.
Additional topics.
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Primary offerings:
1) One-on-one training in
"Storytelling Therapy"
(also useful for Life Coaching
and for facilitating
Personality Development). Info
is here.
2) Group training in
"Storytelling" (for adults).
Info is here.
Specialised
and customised trainings are
available
regarding "Story Composition",
"Storytelling", and "Story Writing"
for
Adults (Parents,
Tour Guides, Trainers, Performers, Writers, etc).
for
Educators.
for
Therapists (notes).
for
People in
the Business World.
for People interested
in Tribal Cultures.
for
Teenagers.
All
of the above could occur in-person (in Chennai, etc)
or via Zoom videoconference.
Education:
PhD in Folklore,
University of Pennsylvania (2010).
MSc in Psychology,
University of Madras (2019).
One-year Course in Psychological
Counselling,
Chennai Counsellors Foundation (2016).
Six-week Course in Life
Coaching, Soul Sympony (2020).
Links
to recordings of 20 videoconferences
Dr
Eric has co-facilitated are here.
Links
to 91 newspaper, etc, articles
mentioning
Dr Eric's work are here.
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* Curriculum
Vitae
* Life
Narrative
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Contact:
( Chennai ) 98403 94282
eric@storytellinginstitute.org
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2007-Present (2022) --
World Storytelling Institute
Co-Founder and Director.
Workshops and Trainings.
Recent Activities.
2007-Present --
East West Center for Counselling
and Training
Co-Founder and Assistant Director.
2007-Present --
Indian
Institute of Psychodrama,
Co-Founder and Assistant Director.
2011-Present --
Indian Storytelling
Network
Co-Founder and Co-Facilitator.
2013-Present --
Chennai Storytelling
Festival
"Ways
Storytelling of Various Cultures, Religions, World-views, and Practices can
Facilitate Growing, Maturing, Teaching and Learning, Playing, Creating,
Transforming, and/or Healing in Individuals and Groups -- and the Healing
of the Environment."
Co-Founder and Director.
11) 2023 (3-26
Feb), mostly via Zoom.
10) 2022 (4-27 Feb), via Zoom.
9) 2021 (5-28 Feb), via Zoom.
8) 2020
(7-16 Feb).
7) 2019 (1-10 Feb).
6) 2018 (2-11 Feb).
5) 2017 (3-12 Feb).
4) 2016, Storytelling for
Communication (5-14 Feb).
3) 2015, Storytelling for Teaching and
Training (6-15 Feb).
2) 2014, Storytelling and Healing (7-9 Feb).
1) 2013, Teaching-and-Learning about
Storytelling (1-3 Feb).
28 September 2013 --
Kaani Tribal
Storytelling Festival -- Language,
Culture, and Nature
Co-Director.
In
Pechiparai, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu.
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Selected Writings
Dr Eric Miller © 2023
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ABOUT
VIDEOCONFERENCING, ETC.
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20
items
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* "Videoconferencing
at the University of Pennsylvania",
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report (1998)
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* "Videoconferencing
at the University of Pennsylvania Update: Response to the 2002-7 Strategic
Plan"
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report (2002)
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* "Principles
of Videoconferencing"
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notes (1999)
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* "Videoconferencing
for Folklorists"
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talk abstract (1999)
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* "A
Report on the 1996 Storytelling for the New Millennium
Conference"
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article (1996)
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* "The
1999 Grammy Award Television Broadcast: Ritual Aspects of the Set
Design"
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paper (1999)
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* "A
Mass-media Object in a Face-to-face Ritual: The Case of Television Sets in
Restaurants and Bars"
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paper (1999)
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* "Videoconferencing
and the Teaching of Tamil Language and Verbal Arts"
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article (2002)
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* "Child’s
Play, Language Teaching and Learning, and Videoconferencing"
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article (2003)
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* "Chennai
and Videoconferencing"
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article (2003)
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* "The 16
Oct. 2004, and 15 Oct. 2005, Webcasted-videoconferences for the
Demonstration and Discussion of Children's Tamil (and Other)
Songs-dances-games, and Methods of Teaching and Learning Spoken Tamil
Language"
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article (2004)
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* "Ideas
for Cultural Videoconferencing in the Cairns Area (Northeastern
Australia)"
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essay (2005)
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* "Storytelling
and Videoconferencing"
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talk notes (2006)
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* "Videoconference
Interviews in the Folklore Classroom"
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article (2008)
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* "Ethnographic
Videoconferencing, as Applied to Songs/Chants/Dances/Games of South Indian
Children, and Language Learning"
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PhD dissertation (2010)
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* "Videoconferencing"
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chapter in PhD
dissertation
(2010)
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* "Methods
and Options for Videoconferencing in Relation to the Tamil Language in
2010"
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paper (2010)
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* "Ethnographic
Videoconferencing"
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article (2012)
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* "Storytelling
in the Age of Videoconferencing".
The article as plain text is here.
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article (2013)
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* "Ways Storytellers
are Using Audio- and Videoconferencing for Training, Discussion, and Performance", introduced and
edited by Dr Eric.
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12-page section of Storytelling
Magazine (2017)
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ABOUT
STORIES AND STORYTELLING
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27
items
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* "12
Principles of Physically-present Storytelling"
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MA thesis
excerpt (1996)
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* "Visuals
Accompanying Physically-present Storytelling"
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MA thesis (1996)
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* "The
In-performance Identification Process"
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talk notes (2000)
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* "Turn-taking
and Relevance in Conversation"
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paper (1999)
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* "Roleplaying
in an African Storytelling Event"
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paper (1998)
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* "Continuity
and Change in Chinese Storytelling"
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paper (2000)
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* "The
Performance of Epic"
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course notes (1999)
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* "The
Performance of Epic and the Practice of Lament"
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Folklore PhD exam (2001)
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* "Textualization
and Mediatization of Verbal Arts"
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Folklore PhD exam (2001)
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* "Verbal
Play and Language Acquisition"
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paper (2003)
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* "Program
for a Tamil Language Learning Session: Singing-Games and
Question-and-Answer Routines"
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notes (2006)
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* "Storytelling
Studies, and Subbu Arumugam's Villupattu (Bow Song)"
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notes (2006)
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* "Theories
of Story and Storytelling"
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notes (2010)
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* "Weaving Magic: Storytelling
in Chennai"
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article (2010)
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* "Children's
Songs/Chants/Dances/Games"
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chapter in PhD
dissertation (2010)
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* "Using Storytelling
to Facilitate Reading and Writing"
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notes (2011)
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* "Storytelling and
Story-listening, and Children's Intellectual, Emotional, and Social
Development"
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paper (2011)
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* "Are Fairy Tales
Indigenous to India?"
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essay (2011)
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* "Aspects of the
Storytelling Revival in India"
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essay (2011)
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* "Storytelling
between Husbands and Wives"
Four topics of stories a husband and wife -- or any
people in a relationship -- might tell to, and discuss with, each other on
a regular basis.
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notes (2013)
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* "Role-playing in
Storytelling"
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essay (2013)
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* "Notes after the 2nd Session
of a 3-session Workshop on Role-playing in Storytelling"
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notes (2016)
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* "Dance, Movement,
Gesture, and Posture in Storytelling"
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notes (2014)
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* "Storytelling by
and for Adults at a Café Coffee Day"
The article as plain text is here.
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article (2014)
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* "Ways
Storytelling can be used for Teaching-and-Learning"
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essay (2015)
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* "Ways Verbal
Play such as Storytelling and Word-games Can Be Used for
Teaching-and-learning Languages"
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essay (2015)
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* "The
Storytelling Scene in Chennai"
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essay (2016)
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Storytelling Studies.
An Academic Discipline, or Interdisciplinary
Field.
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ABOUT STORYTELLING THERAPY /
STORYTELLING FOR HEALING, PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT, ETC
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14 items
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* "Child
Development, Arts Therapies, Education -- and Storytelling"
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article (2014)
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* "Expressive Arts Therapy -- including
Storytelling Therapy -- in Cultural Context"
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article (2016)
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* "Becoming Oneself: A Goal in Carl Jung's Conception of
Therapy"
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essay
(2016)
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* "Review
of a Drama-and-Movement Therapy Workshop"
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review
(2016)
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* "Story and
Storytelling in Storytelling Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy"
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essay (2016)
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* "Fairytale
Therapy: A Type of Storytelling Therapy"
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essay (2017)
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* "The 7 Steps of a
Storytelling Therapy Process"
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notes (2018)
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* "Giving Training
in -- and Practicing -- a Form of Storytelling Therapy, In-person and via
Videoconference"
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article (2019)
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* "Symbols in
Dreams and Myths: My Response to The
Shaman's Doorway (1976) and The
Mythic Imagination (1990) -- Two Books by Stephen Larsen"
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article (2019)
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* "Conversing with Characters within
Oneself: A Form of Therapeutic Role-playing"
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article (2019)
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* "There's a New Therapist in Town:
Storytelling Therapy", Indian
Express.
The unedited version is here.
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article (2019)
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* "A Method of Coaching and
Counselling Using Aspects of Storytelling Therapy"
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notes (2019)
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* "Storytelling
and Healing"
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notes (2020)
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*
"Storytelling
Therapy Workshop in Shillong (Meghalaya, Northeast India) on 18th Nov 2022"
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transcript (2022)
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ABOUT
TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA
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17
items
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* "Tamil
Nadu's Silappathikaram (Epic of the Anklet): Ancient Story
and Modern Identity"
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booklet (1991)
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* "Tamil
Folklore Studies: The Contemporary Scene and its Background"
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paper (2000)
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* "The
Culture Area, South India"
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Folklore PhD exam (2001)
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* "Wireless
Internet Access in Rural South India"
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report (2000)
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* "Thoughts
about the New Delhi Symposium, Folklore, the Public Sphere, and Civil
Society"
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interview (2002)
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* "The
Public Sphere, Folklore, and Interactive Telecommunication in Rural
India"
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article (2003)
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* Review of Changing
Tribal Life: A Socio-Philosophical Perspective
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book review (2003)
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* "The Asian
Century of Folklore Scholarship: Reflections on the Chennai
Conference"
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editorial (2004)
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* "Cultivating
a Forest Language: Development Ideas for Kani Tribal People of Tamil Nadu's
Kanniyakumari District"
Also, please see
"Invitation
to a talk on Nature and Language"
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article (2004)
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* "Public
Presentation of Folklore: Politics of Technology, Culture, and
Discourse"
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article (2005)
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* "In Praise of
Citizen Kannagi"
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op-ed article (2006)
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* "Kannagi:
Global Symbol of Justice"
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text of a speech (2007)
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* "Tamil
Nadu in 2020" (in
English) / (in
Tamil)
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essay (2007)
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* "The
Geography, Climate, History, and Culture of Tamil Nadu, South India"; and,
"The Kani People: A Tribe of the Mountain Forest".
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chapter in PhD dissertation (2010)
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* "Marina Beach
Deserves a Living Museum".
The original, unedited version
of the article as plain text is here.
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article (2013)
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* "Variations in and of
the Story of the Silappathikaram (the Epic of the Anklet)"
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article (2016)
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* "Researching and
Rethinking Folklore, Communication, and Kannagi"
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text of a talk (2022)
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OTHER
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11 items
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* "Why
and How Has 'Habermas' Become a Household Word in the Social
Sciences?"
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paper (1999)
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* "The
Guardian-spirit Lady in the Experience of Edwin Pillay"
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paper (1999)
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* "Festive
Art in a Festive Neighborhood: Street Mosaics in New York City's East
Village"
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paper (2000)
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* "Live
Video as Performance on New York City's Lower East Side in the 1980s"
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article (2003)
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* "Some
Habitation Attitudes and Practices on New York City’s Lower East Side, 1982
to 2002"
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article (2006)
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* "A
Folklorist's Report from Tamil Nadu, South India: Fieldwork, Public
Folklore, Commercial Folklore-related Projects, and Teaching Folklore"
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essay (2011)
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* "Sports --
Identity, Stories, and Images -- and the Boston Marathon"
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essay (2013)
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* "The Value of the
Multi-Discipline Approach to Research"
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text of a speech (2013)
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* "A Review of a School"
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essay (2022)
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* "Uses of Educational
Technology"
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text of a talk (2022)
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"Definitions of
Folklore, the History of Folklore Studies, and the Concept of the Living
Museum"
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text of a talk (2022)
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4 online audio-video recordings
of Ethnographic
Videoconferences co-facilitated by Dr Eric Miller:
* Oct 2011 -- The participants are people
in Chennai, and
Bloomington (Indiana,
USA). The event concerns the Mahabharata,
and features a professional
Mahabharata storyteller on the Chennai
side. Event
notes are here, and the videoconference recording is
here (the event begins at 20:50 into
the recording). (A back-up of
the recording on
Youtube is here.)
* Oct 2012 -- The participants are
college students in Chennai, and
Cairo
(Egypt). Event notes are here, and the recording is here.
* March 2013 -- The participants are
college students in Chennai,
and Kuala Lumpur
(Malaysia). Students discuss their identities as
expressed through
their language use (sayings, proverbs, etc) and
other cultural
practices. The recording is here.
* Oct 2013 -- The participants are
high school students in Chennai,
and Burlington,
Wisconsin, USA. Students discuss their identities as
expressed through
their language use (sayings, proverbs, etc) and
other cultural
practices. Event notes are here,
and the recording is
here.
Jan 2014 --
Videoconference Discussion about Storytelling and
Healing. Info about, and a link to a
recording of, this
videoconference
is here.
March 2014 --
Videoconference Discussion about Dragons and
other
Monsters, on World Storytelling Day. Info
about, and a link
to a recording of,
this videoconference is here.
Feb 2015 --
Videoconference Discussion about Using Storytelling
to
Teach Languages. Info about,
and a link to a recording of, this
videoconference
is here.
Three online
audio-video recordings of Dr Eric are,
* Talking
about Videoconferencing (June 2007).
* Talking about
Storytelling (Nov 2010).
* Talking about Tribal People in India (Nov
2010).
Two articles about Dr
Eric giving Storytelling Training via
Videoconference are,
* "Learn
to Tell Tales with Online Classes", Deccan
Chronicle,
Chennai Chronicle
section, page 21 (21 May 2015).
* "Storytelling
via Interactive Video?", Indian Express,
City section, page 3
(19 May 2016).
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Last
updated, May 2020.
eric@storytellinginstitute.org
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