Fixing and Circulating the Popular is a contribution to the fields of cultural anthropology/folklore studies, cultural studies, and media studies, exploring processes of appropriation and re-coding of popular culture in everyday life. The articles in this volume are inspired by the research approach of cultural analysis of technology (Kulturwissenschaftliche Technikforschung) and present new ethnographic case studies on techniques of collecting and distributing popular culture in the past and present, such as folk heritage collections, radio, and cultural policies building upon such media. They investigate love communication and mobile phone videos produced and distributed with smartphones and the use of geodata platforms.

Johannes Müske ist Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität Zürich und derzeit Scholar in Residence, Deutsches Museum. Ute Holfelder ist Senior Scientist am Institut für Kulturanalyse der Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria. Thomas Hengartner ist Professor am Institut für Sozialanthropologie und Empirische Kulturwissenschaft der Universität Zürich und Leiter des Collegium Helveticum (UZH, ETHZ, ZHdK).

Acknowledgements and Dedication Ute Holfelder, Johannes Müske Fixing and Circulating the Popular (Introduction) Thomas Hengartner Technology, Culture and the Everyday: Technology Studies as the Study of Everyday Culture Fanny Gutsche-Jones, Karoline Oehme-Jüngling Circulating “Swissness”: The Construction of National Identity through Popular Music and the Impact of Technology Karin Gustavsson Investigations of Vernacular Architecture in Scandinavia in the 1920s Johannes Müske Transforming Superstition into Living Traditions: Archiving and Circulating “Folk Medicine” in Switzerland Sibylle Künzler Walking – Clicking – Locating – Zooming: Circulations of Spatial Practices through Navigational Geodata Platforms like Google Maps Ute Holfelder “The Unique Moment”: Camera Phone Videos Taken at Concerts Christian Ritter Constructing Ethnicity through ICT: Visual Culture, Creativity and the Circulation of National Symbols in Postmigrant Youth Culture Klaus Schönberger Love Communication and Socio-Cultural Change: From Love Letter to Love Message via Camera Phone Video Notes on Contributors