Introduction: The Potential and Constraints of Cultural Transfer through Voice, Connection, and Message
Introduction: The Potential and Constraints of Cultural Transfer through Voice, Connection, and Message

Summary/Abstract: This special issue gathers research articles that are based and elaborate on the presentations given at the conference under the theme “Voice, Connection and Message in Traditional Singing”, held at the Estonian Literary Museum from 30 November to 1 December 2020. The time and the setting were exceptional due to the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing. Consequently, this re-occurring scholarly meeting in Tartu, Estonia, with the guiding topic specifically focusing on traditional songlore, was transformed into an online event – a format that had gradually become a new normality. The number of contributions delivered turned out to be impressive, nevertheless: the conference featured 18 papers by 23 presenters from 7 countries. All in all, it was the eleventh scholarly gathering organized by the Estonian Folklore Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum in a series that had initially concentrated on the older Finnic oral tradition of the runosong (Est. regilaul), yet from 2018 onwards the scope has extended to the song traditions around the world. A significant number of papers presented at these conferences have found their way into special collections of scholarly articles, either in the form of books or journal issues

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