Thanks for checking out my project. Special thanks if you've made it this far to check the about me portion out. You won't find much here other than my obsession with my dog, Ruby, and the love of neon and nostalgia.

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I'm from Honolulu, Hawai'i, an architect-turned-aeronautical engineering major from San Diego, California with an Associates in Histopathologic technology. I'm a pathology technician that now lives in the UK managing a small laboratory while occassionally moonlighting at the local NHS hospital assisting in post-mortem autopsies. It's been one whole year since I officially denounced my engineering degree to pursue my passion for Anthropology and I haven't looked back since! :)

 

INSPIRATION

The study of digital folklore was instigated by a random podcast about the beloved Bernie Sanders in yarn mittens at President Biden's inaugaration. Learning that folklore isn't reserved just for rustic stories or tales of wonder opened a wonderful world of discovering how we are in an active state of creating HISTORY through the content we make and share, creating and joining folk groups, reimagining communities and finding our identities through the digital age of social evolution.

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As a 90's kid who's fond of the nostalgia and will more than likely try to explain the days of typing class and saving items onto floppy disks to my future children, the idea that folklore can exist through media and technology we've grown to both loathe and love. Keep reading below for the interesting theory that may offer an explanation to why us 90's kids are so nostalgic about our generation and why we owe it to ourselves to celebrate what we've witnessed and accomplished - all of which inspired me to whole-heartedly research this topic.