Harrison, yes I also thought so. Only that we have to undo the modification. And that is also learning. And that is what I try to do.
I call it Oral Culture, because this is a positive definition by the specific way of communicating and not deficit orientated as non-literate. This helps me to remind/not forget that the strength of these people lies in memory and world construction by story-telling and thats what I have to build on, if I try to go with the flow. Yes there are still talking drums and story tellers around here in Mozambique. The bad side for me: I do not understand their languages. Bernd ----- [email protected], on 18.09.2002 at 20:34:39 (GMT/UT + 02:00) On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:05:49 -0400, Harrison Owen wrote: But, if the question is the >applicability of OS in Non-literate situations (is that what an Oral >Culture is?) -- it is probably worth while noticing that this is >where it all began. Every time I have the pleasure of working with >such a group I feel very much that I am carrying coals to New >Castle. It is already there in spades. As for reports, The Talking >Drum does fine as does the Village Story Teller. I guess it is we >who are making the modifications. > >Harrison > > > >Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, MD 20854 USA phone >301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space >Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website >www.mindspring.com\~owenhh > >[email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change >your options, view the archives of [email protected] >Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
