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Homeostatic
Same, same but different? More of Ong’s characteristics of an oral society. “[O]ral societies live very much in a present which keeps itself in equilibrium or homeostasis by sloughing off memories which no longer have present relevance.” Have you wondered why it’s taken humanity so long to progress? Unless it has a practical function, most oral people…
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Once a rock always a rock?
Maybe, maybe not. Maybe it never was. In the world of ecology, things are never the same, only evolving. In my intro to this project, I talked about the story of the wolves of Yosemite. 14 wolves had amazingly positive results, but is Yosemite’s ecology the exact same as it was before everything when south? No. It can…
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The rules are changing
A coming of age and some insight into the past Why should you care about orality? This has been a tough question for me. After all, if I can’t answer this, then to put it lightly, what’s the point? And then, when talking it out with someone recently, I made a connection. It’s been a…
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Non binary
Orality is fluid; so are we. Last week I introduced Walter J. Ong and my first comparison with his characteristics of oral cultures. The power in the choice of a pronoun. And this leads me to a perception of what could be a characteristic of a literate culture Binary thought McLuhan, Postman, Ong, and I’m sure…
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Who’s Ong?
Walter J. Ong: Orality and Literacy I’ve already introduced you to McLuhan. Now, let’s introduce you to another figure that’s currently shaping my perspectives. Walter J. Ong. How he influence the conversation of “Orality”? His work is foundational. While I still have to get into his more history-based works, his main focus was in a small…