Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lunar Phase, Oral Tradition, Movable Type
25 Oct 2016
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Sound is evanescent; no trace of it after its gone. Oral traditions greatly rooted in creating mnemonic patterns to make things memorable. Communication is crucial allows for progression of thought, Dominant mode of communication for aboriginals is speech. Time and space vary depending on the society in which they are experienced. Literacy and christianity constituted a powerful change to aboriginal culture. Ecological time: coincides with the solar and lunar cycle and the seasons. Structural time: marks the passing of generations and explains the interaction of groups within them. Empires are most successful with the balance of time and space biased medias because it allows for the best control. The past has an impact on the future. Space biased medias are centralized (concrete under a single authority), less hierarchical, everyone operating under the same authority. Time biased medias are decentralized, favours hierarchical types of institutions, represents the control of time. Time biased media: social hierarchy, communal, doesn"t travel far.
