Adam Grydehøj
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Adam Grydehøj
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Geography, Folklore, Island Studies.
Professor, South China University of Technology.
Currently studying spatialisations of deity worship in Guangdong, which is absolutely a real job.
Editor of 'Folk, Knowledge, Place'.
https://grydehoj.com
Conference announcement: 'Supernatural animals, mystical beasts, and uncanny creatures: Folklore in place', 9-13 November 2026, Guangzhou, China
-Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2026-
folkknowledgeplace.org/post/3461-su...
#folklore #animals #China #legends #myths
September 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New article: 'Ritual labour and maintenance of tradition in a village temple: An occupational folklore approach to Chinese religion', published with Qi Pan in 'Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore'.

#folklore #China

folklore.ee/folklore/vol...
August 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Blue Humanities has just launched: bluehumanitiesjournal.org. Studies of oceans, rivers, lakes, and other aquatic spaces. This peer reviewed, non-fee charging open access journal has its intellectual roots in Asia’s long tradition of thinking with water and has its editorial office is in Hangzhou.
March 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Faced with the prospect of trying to read a 643-page book on my laptop, I finally bought an eBook reader. I am very happy with my Onyx Boox Note, which is perfect for sitting in the window and taking in Chün-fang Yü's 'Kuan-yin: The Chinese transformation of Avalokitesìvara'.
November 16, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Conference call for papers: 'Placemaking across time: Histories of spatialised knowledge', 6-9 October 2025, Næstved, Denmark, islanddynamics.org/placemaking-...

Places are formed through human knowing and experience, individual and collective. #conference, #Denmark, #folklore, #geography
November 15, 2024 at 7:29 AM