This project would not be complete without exploring the limitations in this project and looking forward to future research opportunities. In conducting research, there are always variables that come with the territory and embark on your quest as a researcher. Part of the limitation of this project revolves around the lack of time to follow up for a second round of questions after analysis. In some cases, like the case of my Grandfather who passed away while I was conducting this project, I was unable to follow up with questions.
Another aspect of limitations in my project is the lack of responsiveness from some of the contacts I decided to pursue this project, as well as the scope of the field of Irish rhetorical and folkloric scholarship. In several cases, I reached out to various scholars and professors who either were in the realm of Irish literature or Irish studies and the professors declined to meet with me or follow up and respond to my prompting for interviews. There was also an individual case where scholars specifically cited his lack of knowledge as being a reason for no correspondence.
I found that the lack of desire by scholars to branch out concerning. The fields in the humanities are gradually becoming interdependent. Part of my thought process in conducting interviews and research revolved around opening up space for more conversations and exchanges between disciplines. Rhetoric as a field is already incredibly nuanced and forms its own constellation, it blends into the fields of history, anthropology, English, literature, and various other social sciences. The multidisciplinary appeal of rhetoric, however, does seem to be widely recognized by other scholars who specialize in incredibly niche subjects like Irish Literature.
This was quite surprising while also concerning to me. It is popular knowledge that the humanities and social sciences like history and English are giving way to technology. It is vital for other disciplines to adapt to the times and incorporate the past into the present for a better future. Professional areas of study are no longer bound by the same constraints that they once were and the more research is conducted the more it is recognized that subjects like rhetoric exist in multidisciplinary planes of existence.
The need for growth is substantial and the future of the field of Folklore' has been thrown into question. The field in general needs to be revolutionized in order to avoid becoming obsolete. Irish cultural rhetorics is a perfect example of adapting and maintaining authenticity while exhibiting multifaceted spectrality that has allowed for rhetoric practices to exist for over a thousand years. It is my hope that other scholars will join me in reviving the study of cultural rhetorics in the areas of folklore and storytelling.
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