CMNS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: On Liberty, Communication, Orality
11 Apr 2016
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Mokens knew the tsunami was coming although they did not have any technology. They igured it out by observing the water level receding from the coast. Song educated the others that a tsunami was coming. Criically think about the role of technology in orality and literacy. Primary oral cultures the socieies that sill exist using only oral communicaion can argue whether or not drawing counts. Anis believes that because there is no syntax it may not be wriing but it does spread a message through one generaion to another. We have to bear in mind the origin of orality is very mysterious and cannot locate one speciic moment. Only about 100 languages are in writen form. Oral tradiions the passing down of knowledge through oral speech. Although the signiicance of contemporary occasions of orality may someimes by ceremonial, they are not in any sense unimportant or merely incidental. Tesimony in court also must be given orality.
