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Chris Aldrich
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Read chapter 9 and halfway through 10.
— Sep 09, 2021 12:00AM
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Chris Aldrich
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Finished chapter 5: Animal and plant knowledge in oral tradition
Some fascinating research here
— Aug 22, 2020 05:12PM
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Some fascinating research here
Chris Aldrich
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Finished Chapter 4: Material mnemonic technologies
A huge list of examples of mnemonic devices in the literature which she's going to use to hypothesize about other items in the archaeological record. I totally want to experiment around with some of these sorts of devices myself.
— Aug 21, 2020 10:07AM
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A huge list of examples of mnemonic devices in the literature which she's going to use to hypothesize about other items in the archaeological record. I totally want to experiment around with some of these sorts of devices myself.
Chris Aldrich
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Read through part of chapter 4 and the section on Method of Loci on/around 8/7/20.
— Aug 09, 2020 05:33PM
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Chris Aldrich
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Finished Chapter 2: Knowledge and Power in oral cultures
Oral traditions in the literature Public vs. restricted knowledge, knowledge trade, and formal teaching. We have generally done a poor job of untangling the vast knowledge indigenous people have.
— Jul 29, 2020 07:01AM
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Oral traditions in the literature Public vs. restricted knowledge, knowledge trade, and formal teaching. We have generally done a poor job of untangling the vast knowledge indigenous people have.
Chris Aldrich
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Finished Chapter 1
I appreciate the additional detail and references here. To an uninitiated audience it feels like she should have spent some time exploring the idea of mnemonic earlier, but I'm fine without it.
— Jul 26, 2020 02:39PM
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I appreciate the additional detail and references here. To an uninitiated audience it feels like she should have spent some time exploring the idea of mnemonic earlier, but I'm fine without it.
