转向现代性的民俗学，本质是将民俗学视域从“过去的”转向“现在的”。这一转变既是社会转型带来的生活革命需要有说服力的学术解释的现实需求，又是民俗学在面临学科困境时的自我救赎之途。面向现代性的民俗学，需要对“传统” “城市化” “互联网技术” “全球化” “日常生活”等与“现代性”密切相关的学术关键词进行重新解读，并以此重新确定现代民俗学的总体性问题意识。同时，转向现代性的民俗学可以从根本上扭转以往民俗学过度强调“遗留物”的局面，从而在最为现实的层面真正做到拥抱日常生活，并给出专业而深刻的解释。

The modern turning of folkloristics is essentially to shift the folkloristic perspective from the past to the present. This shift is not only a realistic demand for a convincing academic explanation for the life revolution due to social transformation, but also a way of self-salvation for folkloristics when facing disciplinary crisis. Modernity-oriented folkloristics needs to redefine the overall problem consciousness of modern folkloristics by reinterpreting the academic key terms closely related to modernity such as tradition, urbanization, internet technology, globalization, and everyday life. At the same time, modern folkloristics shall truly embrace everyday life at the most realistic level and give professional and profound explanations by fundamentally reversing the situation in which "survivals" are overemphasized in the past.