Membership

To join the ISSOT, please complete a questionnaire. Your profile will be entered into a data-base to facilitate contact among members with related interests. We aim to foster individual collaborations as well as (web-connected) working groups.

Discussion platform

As each new issue of our journal Oral Tradition is published, we will install a link leading to an ISSOT discussion associated with the contents of that particular issue.

eArchive

The ISSOT will offer online storage and informal publication of primary and secondary materials related to the study of oral traditions. For fieldworkers, this will amount to secondary, backup storage of audio, video, photographic, and other items; the sole requirement will be the fieldworker’s willingness to contribute a short contextual explanation and to allow open access for pedagogical and research-linked purposes. Secondary materials, such as unpublished conference papers or working documents, may also be uploaded to the eArchive under the same agreement.

Special events

The ISSOT will sponsor occasional Internet conferences and “webinars” on subjects of interest to the membership. These events will be eligible for video capture and archiving.

Easy access to CSOT projects

The site will also offer easy, direct access to several CSOT initiatives:

• The journal Oral Tradition (all 25+ years online)
• The eEdition of a South Slavic oral epic
• The Pathways Project
• The 15,000-item bibliography of studies in oral tradition Summative Bibliography