True Folklore Is Organic

True folklore is organic bottom up: Ruschia took this phenomenon and created its own identity-forming Disinfolklore.

Source: Ways of Seeing Disinfolklore I

This single sentence captures the distinction. Infolklore = true folklore = organic, bottom-up, community-building. Disinfolklore = inorganic, top-down, manufactured to manipulate.

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