Collateral Data Conference
Well-known ethnographic sources tend to present their data explicitly. However, as studies such as Dictionaries as a Source of Folklore Data (2020) have demonstrated, it is also possible to find collateral ethnographic data in other sources, such as dictionaries. This symposium brings together scholars to discuss the unique insights these sources offer through their oblique capture of cultural information, and to address questions of reliability, scholarly traditions, and methodological integration.
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Venue and Registration
23. – 24. April 2026
Babelstuen, University of Bergen Library
Haakon Sheteligs plass 7, Bergen, Norway
Registration
Please register by completing the online registration form. Details for registration will be provided on the conference website or by contacting the organizers directly.
We look forward to welcoming you to Bergen!
Program
Papers will be 20 minutes in length, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
Day 1 – Thursday, April 23rd
13:00 – Welcome and Opening Remarks
13:15 – Keynote: Richard Coates (UWE Bristol) – Dialect Dictionaries as Cabinets of Curiosities? Folklore in Lexicography
14:15 – Coffee Break
14:45 – First Session
Hubert Bergmann (Austrian Academy of Sciences) – Matthias Lexer's "Kärntisches Wörterbuch [Carinthian dictionary]" as an ethnographic source
Peder Gammeltoft (University of Bergen) – What's in a Name? Social Attitudes embedded in personal names in Feilberg's Jutish Dialect Dictionary (1886–1914)
Anca Vrăjitoriu (independent researcher) – Repurposing Flora as Ethnological Source. Preparing for a New Romanian Ethnobotanic Dictionary
16:15 – Coffee Break
16:45 – Second Session
Giuliano Gajetti (Jagiellonian University) – Dictionaries as a Source for Slavic Demonology
Madis Arukask (University of Tartu, Estonia) – The Votic dictionary as a source of folkloristic data
17.45 – Discussion on Papers from Day 1
18:15 – End of Day 1
Day 2 – Friday, April 24th
09:30 – Keynote: Angun Sønnesyn Olsen (University of Bergen) – Collateral Data: From field collection to archival (in)visibility
10:30 – Coffee Break
11:00 – First Session
Jonathan Roper (University of Tartu) – The Dictionary of Newfoundland English: A Lexicon that Grew Out of a Folklore Archive
Alla Sizova (PhD student) – Early Eighteenth-Century Capuchin Missionary Vocabulary of the Tibetan Language: The Encounter between Christianity and Buddhism in Lexicon, Medical and Botanical Terminology
Stephen Miller (Retired) – "We Might Find Some Excuse for a Chapter on Charms": The Vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx Dialect (1924)
12:30 – Lunch Break
13:30 – Second Session
Risto Järv (Estonian Literary Museum / University of Tartu) – A National Epic Hero in the Margins of a Dictionary: Lexicographic Additions as a Collateral Ethnographic Source
Alvard Jivanyan (Yerevan State University) – Of Mirrors and Moons: How Dictionaries can Change the Meaning of a Fairy Tale
14:30 – Discussion on Papers from Day 2
15:00 – Closing Remarks
Accommodation
participants are asked to find their own accommodation. There are several hotels and hostels near the University Library:
Hotels (a selection):
- Scandic Bergen City, Håkonsgaten 2, 5015 Bergen
- Prize by Radisson, Småstrandgaten 3, 5014 Bergen
- Scandic Ørnen, Lars Hilles gate 18, 5008 Bergen
- Zander K, Zander Kaaes gate 6, 5015 Bergen
- Citybox, Nygårdsgaten 31, 5015 Bergen,
There are several hotels in Bergen, both pricier and cheaper.
Hostels:
- City Hostel Bergen, Kong Oscars gate 45, 5017 Bergen
- Budgetel, Kong Oscars gate 48, 5017 Bergen