More on Oral Cultures

[Gilbert Brenson-Lazan]

Hello, Bernd:

At 12:00 a.m. 20/09/2002 -0600, you wrote:

>Gilbert,
>
>What is the full Scale?

The best explanation is in an oldie but goodie of Cultural 
Anthropology:  The Hidden Language by Edwin Hall.


>And which cultures would you see  as 'Oral(preferred) Cultures'?

The Latin American culture in which I work most, tends to be polychronic 
and oral-preferred, especially in the middle to lower classes.  In my 
opinion, it is more than just an auditive or auditive-kinetic 
representational system (to use the NLP jargon), and more than just  a 
compensation for NOT having something (like a "good" education).  It seems 
to me to also have VERY strong cultural underpinnings (values, beliefs and 
assumptions).


>Oral preferred would then mean, not a question of abilities, they
>dominate both layers of world construction, but really a cultural
>'decision'


IMNSHO  (In my not-so-humble opinion), yes.

I met many people in ex-oral(only)-cultures who have learned to read
>and write in school, but it stays a thin layer, sometimes looking
>like a simulation...

Great examples.  Thanks.

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Gilbert Brenson-Lazan - Socio-Gerente
AMAUTA INTERNACIONAL, LTDA
Bogotá, Colombia
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