Hello!

 

Welcome to Eric Miller’s Ph.D. Dissertation webpage!

 

Dissertation title:

“Ethnographic Videoconferencing, as Applied to

Songs/Chants/Dances/Games of South Indian Children,

and Language Learning” (2010).

 

Folklore Program,

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA)

 

Contact info:

Eric Miller <eric@storytellinginstitute.org>

https://storytellinginstitute.org

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com

 

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Ph.D. graduation letter from the University of Pennsylvania,

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/291.pdf

 

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Complete dissertation in one file (7 MB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/290.pdf

 

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Dissertation in 15 files:

 

1

Cover page, etc, pp. i-iii (112 KB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/301.pdf    

 

2

Acknowledgements, pp. iv-xvii (156 KB),  

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/302.pdf

 

3

Abstract, pp. xviii-xix (56 KB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/303.pdf

 

4

Contents, etc, pp. xx-xxxvi (772 KB), 

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/304.pdf   

 

5

Chapter I__Introduction, pp. 1 to 54 (580 KB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/305.pdf        

 

6

Chapter II__Cultures and Locations, pp. 55-118 (656 KB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/306.pdf

 

7

Chapter III__Fieldwork Methodology, pp. 119-157 (420 KB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/307.pdf

 

8

Chapter IV__Children’s Songs/Chants/Dances/Games, pp. 158-353 (3.5 MB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/308.pdf

 

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Chapter V__Language Learning, pp. 354-409 (484 KB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/309.pdf

 

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Chapter VI__Videoconferencing, pp. 410-508 (1.1 MB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/310.pdf

 

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Chapter VI__Videoconferencing Still-images, pp. 509-548 (3.1 MB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/311.pdf

 

12

Chapter VII__Conclusions, pp. 549-584 (392 KB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/312.pdf

 

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Chapter VIII__Epilogue, 584-589 (92 KB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/313.pdf

 

14

Bibliography, pp. 590-631 (636 KB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/314.pdf

 

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Index, 632-639 (128 KB),

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/315.pdf

 

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Still-images of the songs/chants/dances/games

as performed in Vellambi, the research project's

fieldwork village, are in Chapter IV (above).

 

Video recordings of the songs/chants/dances/games

as performed in Vellambi -- and of the research

project's two post-fieldwork Chennai-Philadelphia

videoconferences -- can be accessed at

https://storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/333.html .

 

 

 

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