Ep053 about the practices and stories surrounding hitchhiking, and Andrea's research and work for her thesis.

• Main Author: Barrett, Terra
• Other Authors: McGuire, Andrea
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Social beliefs; practices and customs; Hitchhiking; McGuire; Andrea; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/691

Andrea McGuire is completing her MA degree in Folklore at Memorial University. She is currently in the throes of writing her master’s thesis on hitchhiking traditions in Newfoundland and Cape Breton. In her thesis, she is looking at how trust, in its many variations, influences the way hitchhiking is practiced, and the way hitchhiking stories are told. We discuss why Andrea chose hitchhiking for her thesis, how she conducted her research, the difference between short and long distance hitchhiking, how gender effects hitchhiking, the stories people tell and the techniques they use, the brief history of hitchhiking in Newfoundland, and examples of the hitchhiking stories she has heard.