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Volkskundlich-Kulturwissenschaftliche Schriften

VOKUS was a German academic journal published from 1998 to 2012 by the Hamburg Society for Folklore Studies.

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Overview

Volkskundlich-Kulturwissenschaftliche Schriften (VOKUS) was a semi-annual academic journal published from 1998 to 2012 in the name of the Hamburger Gesellschaft für Volkskunde (Hamburg Society for Folklore Studies). It succeeded the publication Hamburger Platt. Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für Volkskunde Hamburg, which had appeared since 1991. In 2007 it was the only German folklore journal available as full text on the internet. From 2014 it was continued by the open-access journal Hamburger Journal für Kulturanthropologie (hjk).

History

Volkskundlich-Kulturwissenschaftliche Schriften (VOKUS) was a semi-annual academic journal published from 1998 to 2012 in the name of the Hamburger Gesellschaft für Volkskunde. It was the successor to Hamburger Platt. Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für Volkskunde Hamburg, which had been published since 1991. In 2007, VOKUS was the only German folklore journal available as full text on the internet. The journal ceased publication in 2012 and was continued from 2014 by the open-access journal Hamburger Journal für Kulturanthropologie (hjk).

  • 2014

    Open-access journal Hamburger Journal für Kulturanthropologie (hjk) continues VOKUS.

  • 2012

    VOKUS ceases publication.

  • 2007

    VOKUS becomes the only German folklore journal available as full text on the internet.

  • 1998

    VOKUS is founded and begins publication.

  • 1991

    Predecessor publication Hamburger Platt. Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für Volkskunde Hamburg begins.

Products and positioning

Academic folklore and cultural studies journal

  • VOKUS journal issues

    Semi-annual academic journal issues published from 1998 to 2012.

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