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Folk ornament, Latvian mythology, Symbols, Folklore studies, Vernacular narratives
Latvia, Estonia

Biography

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Tartu, Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore. The topic of my dissertation is folk ornament in Latvia in the context of tradition, its mythological interpretation, and layers of historical meanings and contestations connected to it. Besides PhD studies, I am a researcher at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, University of Latvia. I have been involved in various research projects, but the current ones focus on the disciplinary history of folklore studies, the folklore movement, and the Singing Revolution in Latvia, narratives of place and identity.

Activities

Employment (2)

University of Latvia: Riga, LV

2018-12-01 to present | Researcher (Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, Archives of Latvian Folklore)
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Digne Ūdre

University of Latvia: Riga, LV

2015-12-01 to 2018-11-30 | Research assistant (Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, Archives of Latvian Folklore)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Tartu: Tartu, EE

2018-12-06 to present | PhD (Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore)
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Latvian Academy of Culture: Riga, LV

2016-09-01 to 2018-07-01 | Mg. art. (Museum and Cultural Heritage studies)
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Latvian Academy of Culture: Riga, LV

2012-09-01 to 2016-07-01 | B. art. (Traditional Culture and Latvian Folklore)
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Works (8)

The Latvian Folk Ornament and Mythology Nexus as Revival: Contested Historical Layers, Visualized Ideologies, and Commodified Creativity

2024-12 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Digne Ūdre
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Digne Ūdre

Ideological Tuning of Latvian Folk Ornament

Folklore and Ethnology in the Soviet Western Borderlands Socialist in Form, National in Content
2023-12 | Book chapter
Contributors: Digne Ūdre
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Digne Ūdre

Vernacular voices and contested meanings: contemporary uses of the swastika in Latvia

Journal of Baltic Studies
2023-08-16 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0162-9778
Part of ISSN: 1751-7877
Contributors: Digne Ūdre
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Songs, Rites, and Identity in the Religious Folklore of Latvia and Lithuania

The Oxford Handbook of Slavic and East European Folklore
2023-07-18 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9780190080778
Part of ISBN: 9780190080785
Contributors: Michael Strmiska; Gatis Ozoliņš; Odeta Rudling; Digne Ūdre
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Introduction: Post-colonialism/socialism

Letonica
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85159726094

Part of ISSN: 14073110
Contributors: Ķencis, T.; Ūdre, D.
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The symbol of the morning star during the third awakening in Latvia (1986–1991): From cultural opposition to non-violent resistance

Letonica
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85078366275

Part of ISSN: 14073110
Contributors: Ūdre, D.
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Symbol of the Morning Star During the Third Awakening in Latvia (1986–1991): From Cultural Opposition to Non-violent Resistance.

Letonica
2019-10 | Journal article
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Firecross in Latvia in the context of controversial cultural heritage,Ugunskrusts Latvijā strīdīga kultūras mantojuma kontekstā

Letonica
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85058057751

Part of ISSN: 14073110
Contributors: Ūdre, D.
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