Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Eric A. Havelock, Devil To The Belt, Pictogram
3 Oct 2016
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Work together in terms of administrating colonial rules. Way to keep track of economic transactions: economy outstripping memory. Origins of writing bc of spread of economy. Ruling administrators realized that they could tax properly. Memory serves you well for criminal activity (ex. mo a bc they can"t write illegal transactions down) Limitation - same words have different meanings. Rebus principle - pictographic symbol used for phonetic value. Dif cult to describe feelings, because they are feelings and cannot be represented visually. Cylinders on clay = personal stamps, signature". Baked clay tablets = can"t alter writing. Time biased society bc clay is inconvenient for long distance travel and communication. Multiple words can have the same consonants. No need to memorize pics that correspond to wors. Separate the knower from the knowledge, you don"t always know who"s saying it, don"t need to know who wrote it when reading. Allows for deductive logic, rational philosophy, abstract science, critical thinking.
