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Eric Miller
Ph.D. candidate, Folklore Program, University of Pennsylvania.
Research Areas: Storytelling, Videoconferencing, and Tamil Nadu, South India.
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  • Curriculum vitae
  • Life narrative
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    *  December 2007.
    World Storytelling Institute, www.storytellinginstitute.org, co-founded.
    *  June 2007.
    Talking about Videoconferencing on Youtube.
    *  July 20, 2006.
    Gave the keynote speech, "Storytelling and Videoconferencing", at the Storytelling in Higher Education Special Interest Group Pre-Conference, USA National Storytelling Conference.
  • October 15, 2005 -- and October 16, 2004 -- Chennai-Philadelphia videoconference-webcasts.
  • Spring 2002, Storytelling course in NYC.
  • 2001-2, Graduate Student Videoconference Series:
  • Videoconferencing with Indigeous Peoples.
  • 2000-1, Graduate Student Videoconference Series.
  • 1999-2000, An Ethnographic Film/Video Series:
  • Focus on Methodology.
  • Links to (Realplayer) audio-video recordings.
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    Selected Writings
    © Eric Miller  2008
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    ABOUT VIDEOCONFERENCING, ETC.
  • "Videoconferencing at the University of Pennsylvania" (1998)  ......

  • report
  • "Videoconferencing at the University of Pennsylvania Update: Response to the 2002-7 Strategic Plan" (2002) ......

  • report
  • "Videoconferencing and Memory of Previous Media" ......
  • paper
  • "Principles of Videoconferencing" ......
  • notes 
  • "Videoconferencing for Folklorists" ......
  • talk abstract 
  • "A Report on the 1996 Storytelling for the New Millennium Conference" ......
  • article 
  • "The 1999 Grammy Award Television Broadcast: Ritual Aspects of the Set Design" ......
  • paper 
  • "A Mass-media Object in a Face-to-face Ritual: The Case of Television Sets in Restaurants and Bars" ......
  • paper
  • "Videoconferencing and the Teaching of Tamil Language and Verbal Arts" (2002) ......

  • article
  • "Child’s Play, Language Teaching and Learning, and Videoconferencing" (2003) ......

  • article
  • "Chennai and Videoconferencing" (2003) ......
  • article
  • "The 16 Oct. 2004, and 15 Oct. 2005, Webcasted-videoconferences for the Demonstration and Discussion of Children's Tamil (and Other) Songs-dances-games, and Methods of Teaching and Learning Spoken Tamil Language" (2004) ...... 

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    article

  • "Cultural Videoconferencing in the Cairns Area (Northeastern Australia)" (2005) ......

  • essay
    *  "Videoconference Interviews" (pdf) (2008) ......
    article
     
    ABOUT FORMS OF STORYTELLING 
  • "12 Principles of Physically-present Storytelling" ...... 
  • M.A. thesis excerpt 
  • "Visuals Accompanying Physically-present  Storytelling" ......
  • M.A. thesis 
  • "The In-performance Identification Process" ......
  • talk notes
  • "Turn-taking and Relevance in Conversation" ......
  • paper 
  • "Roleplaying in an African Storytelling Event" ......
  • paper 
  • "Continuity and Change in Chinese Storytelling" ......
  • paper
  • "The Performance of Epic" ......
  • course notes
  • "The Performance of Epic and the Practice of Lament" ......
  • Ph.D. exam
  • "Textualization and Mediatization of Verbal Arts" ......
  • Ph.D. exam
  • "Verbal Play and Language Acquisition" ......
  • paper
    *  "Program for a Tamil Language Learning Session: Singing-Games and Question-and-Answer Routines" (pdf) (2006) ...... notes
    *  "Storytelling Studies, and Subbu Arumugam's Villupattu (Bow Song)" (2006) ...... paper summary
    *  "Theories of Story and Storytelling" (pdf) (2008) ......
    paper


    ABOUT SOUTH INDIA, ETC.
  • "Tamil Nadu's Silappathikaram (Epic of the Anklet): Ancient Story and Modern Identity" (1991) ......
  • booklet
  • "Amiga (Multimedia) Computers in South India" (1996) ......
  • article
  • "Tamil Folklore Studies: The Contemporary Scene and its Background" (2000) ......

  • paper
  • "The Culture Area, South India" (2001) ......
  • Ph.D. exam
  • "Wireless Internet Access in Rural South India" (2000) ......
  • report
  • "Thoughts about the New Delhi Symposium, Folklore, the Public Sphere, and Civil Society" (2002) ......

  • interview
  • "The Public Sphere, Folklore, and Interactive Telecommunication in Rural India" (2003) ...... 

  • article
  • Review of Changing Tribal Life: A Socio-Philosophical Perspective (2003) ......

  • book review
  • "The Asian Century of Folklore Scholarship: Reflections on the Chennai Conference" (2004) ......

  • editorial
  • "Cultivating a Forest Language: Development Ideas for Kani Tribal People of Tamil Nadu's Kanniyakumari District" (pdf) (2004) ......
  • article
  • "Public Presentation of Folklore: Politics of Technology, Culture, and Discourse" (pdf) (2005) ......

  • article
    "In Praise of Citizen Kannagi" (2006) ......
    op-ed article
    *  "Kannagi: Global Symbol of Justice" (pdf) (2007) ......
    text of speech
    *  "Tamil Nadu in 2020" (in English) (pdf) (2007) ......
    essay
    *  "Tamil Nadu in 2020" (in Tamil) (pdf) (2007) ......
    essay


     OTHER
  • "Why and How Has 'Habermas' Become a Household Word in the Social Sciences?" ......
  • paper 
  • "The Guardian-spirit Lady in the Experience of Edwin Pillay" ......
  • paper
  • "Festive Art in a Festive Neighborhood: Street Mosaics in New York City's East Village" ......
  • paper
    *  Invitation to a Talk on "Nature and Language" (pdf) (2005) ......
    invitation
    *  "Please Meet Eric Miller" (2006) ...... interview
           
      
      
      
    DISSERTATION PROCESS (2002-  )
    Ethnographic Videoconferencing, as Applied to South Indian Children's Songs-chants-dances-games and Language Learning






    Storytelling Studies
  • Courses In and/or About Storytelling
  • Towards a Definition of the Discipline
  • Storytelling Studies Bibliography
  • Course Descriptions