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Francesca Forrest
is 26% done
From the intro (which is more than a quarter of the book, clearly):
Indigenous peoples do not have "oral traditions" but rather "mnemonic traditions." ...Western modernity ... always sees the oral as preceding the written.. but...the practice and activation of memories--through dreaming, singing, dancing, storytelling, and various other activities--are ways of belonging to and sustaining the cosmic sense of life.
— Nov 08, 2024 11:12AM
Indigenous peoples do not have "oral traditions" but rather "mnemonic traditions." ...Western modernity ... always sees the oral as preceding the written.. but...the practice and activation of memories--through dreaming, singing, dancing, storytelling, and various other activities--are ways of belonging to and sustaining the cosmic sense of life.
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