Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lowest Common Denominator, Heinrich Hertz, Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
13 Dec 2016
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5th century bc- banquet hall collapsed, could visualize people in different rooms. Peter of ravenna: 1400s italy would talk about memory calluses and when he spoke of something, he would reach into a particular chamber to get the source of a topic. Memory palace: the idea of constructing a building or imagery in your head to find the information that you need with emphasis on visual and spatial elements (eg. childhood home) We are much better at recognizing faces then we are names -pictures are much easier to remember because we link the idea of that picture; aids memory. 1. oral tradition: bhopas, epic poems, mahabharata, dev narayan. Bohopas: developed epic poems for over 400 years. Students that learned to read had worse memories than those who did not. Knowledge is understanding self and character (ex. In hebrew dabar means word and event, but in.
