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The second IOV World Congress on Folk Culture

The Mödling Congress examined threats to folklore and the political pressures surrounding cultural identity.

1995

Historical archive

Historical note

The second IOV World Congress on Folk Culture was held in Mödling, Austria, in 1995.

Its recorded programme linked the future of folk culture with questions of tolerance, nationalism, fascism, colonialism and peace. The current public index preserves the themes but does not link complete proceedings.

Historic centre of Mödling, Austria
Context image of the host place; not a photograph of the meeting. Contemporary host-city view · image source recorded in the assemblies attribution ledger

Recorded themes

  • Contemporary threats to folklore and the future of folk culture
  • Tolerance and folk art
  • Folk culture in relation to nationalism, fascism, colonialism and peace

Sources and record limits

This short article only states details supported by the linked public record. Where an agenda, participant list or full proceedings could not be verified, that gap is left open rather than reconstructed.