00843nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001000043245009800053300001200151490000700163520052500170022001400695       2022                            d1 aXi Ju00aA Turn Toward Practice in Chinese Folkloristics A Reflection on the Concept Through Fieldwork  a193-2050 v813 aIn recent years, debates have arisen about the goals and methods of folklore studies in China. Complicating these efforts at reconstructing Chinese folkloristics, however, is the administrative positioning of some folklore programs in schools of literature and others in schools of sociology. This essay reflects on the experience of this ongoing administrative shift, and how this shift has provided Chinese folklorists with an opportunity to explore the new possibilities for applying folkloristics to social practice.  a0043-373X