Abstract
The subject of this text is international cooperation within popular culture research during the inter-war years. The empirical basis for this is the oldest general international scholarly organization for ethnology and folklore in continuous operation. It was conceived at a congress organized by the League of Nations in Prague in 1928 as la Commission Internationale des Arts (et Traditions) Populaires (CIAP). Since then it has been remodelled several times and in 1964 it changed to its present name SIEF—la Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore. As a general society for European ethnology it covers all aspects of the study of popular culture, from folklore, folk art, and folk-life studies to anthropology.
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Notes
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I use the French terms, following (Renoliet 1999).
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UNESCO archives, Paris. Commission Internationale … Paris 1928. This and all other translations of quotations into English by BR.
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Archives MNATP. Carton 804. M. Cuisenier. Memo of October 15, 1945.
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See f. ex. UNESCO archives, Paris, IICI Correspondance, F.IX.8.
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UNESCO archives. See especially F.IX.57 Le Congrès International des Arts Populaires, Prague 1928. Organisation générale, and F.IX.69 Commission Internationale des Arts Populaires. Bureau de la CIAP. 1ère réunion Paris 18.1.1929.
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UNESCO archives, Paris. CIAP 1–13/1928–1931 (Box 450). Société des Nations. Institut International de Coopération Intellectuelle. Rapport de l’Institut sur le Congrès international des arts populaires de Prague, p. 4 (summer 1930).
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See UNESCO archives, Paris, F.IX.68 and F.IX.73.
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Archives MNATP, Box 804 (Jean Cuisenier), dossier: CIAP 1929–1932(37). CICI/12e Session. Procès-Verbal 11.
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UNESCO archives, Paris, IICI Correspondance, F.IX.57, 58.
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Art populaire et loisirs ouvriers, 7.
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The references to page numbers between 1213 and 1244 refer to the bulletin Coopération Intellectuelle. Page numbers below 300 refer to the book Art populaire et loisirs ouvriers.
Abbreviations
- CIAP:
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la Commission Internationale des Arts (et Traditions) Populaires
- CICI:
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la Commission Internationale de Coopération Intellectuelle
- CIFL:
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le Congrès International de Folklore
- IAEEF:
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The International Association of European Ethnology and Folklore
- IBL:
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International Bureau of Labour
- ICAES:
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International Council of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
- ICHS:
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International Committee of Historical Sciences
- ICOM:
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International Council of Museums
- IICI:
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l’Institut International de Coopération Intellectuelle
- ILO:
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International Labour Organization
- OIM:
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Organisation Internationale des Musées
- SIEF:
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la Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore
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Rogan, B. (2014). Popular Culture and International Cooperation in the 1930s. In: Herren, M. (eds) Networking the International System. Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04211-4_12
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