Re: A very old discussion about the nature of “technology” - almost 2380 years old and … still counting
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John Millington Synge writes about his visits to the Aran Islands to learn Irish. He points out the fact of an evening with a man who spoke only Gaelic, and was not literate in that, but apart from knowing the things necessary to make a living in the edge of Europe, had by heart a thousand stories. The Navajo of North America used also and may still rely on memory to transmit the narratives of origin and belonging and the rituals of the people. I think also in fiction of Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451, and remember how much history I learned from the songs and stories of my Irish grandmothers. You might wish also to consider the works of the great oral historians of the last half century, in particular in those areas where written records are corrupt or non existent, sush as Luisa Passerini's work on Italy under fascism. There is also the difference between data, information and knowledge to consider. Best wishes for your work.