Summary of Lynne Kelly's The Memory Code

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#1 The complexity of oral traditions has been recognized only recently. Indigenous cultures were seen as intellectually inferior and primitive, but they were actually very complex and advanced. They memorized a great deal of information, and used it to navigate their environment.

#2 The need to know the animals and plants that live in a specific area is common among Indigenous people. They often have a love of knowledge for knowledge’s sake, and they often record the names, sounds, behavior, and habitats of animals in myths, songs, and dry sand paintings.

#3 The dances of Australian Aboriginal tribes are a complement to the songs they sing. They not only entertain but information can be encoded in dance that defies clear expression in words.

#4 The songs, dances, and mythology of the kachina, the mythological beings who perform much of the Pueblo oral tradition, tell the stories of mythological characters who act out the highly memorable narratives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822520516

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The complexity of oral traditions has been recognized only recently. Indigenous cultures were seen as intellectually inferior and primitive, but they were actually very complex and advanced. They memorized a great deal of information, and used it to navigate their environment.

#2

The need to know the animals and plants that live in a specific area is common among Indigenous people. They often have a love of knowledge for knowledge’s sake, and they often record the names, sounds, behavior, and habitats of animals in myths, songs, and dry sand paintings.

#3

The dances of Australian Aboriginal tribes are a complement to the songs they sing. They not only entertain but information can be encoded in dance that defies clear expression in words.

#4

The songs, dances, and mythology of the kachina, the mythological beings who perform much of the Pueblo oral tradition, tell the stories of mythological characters who act out the highly memorable narratives.

#5

Indigenous cultures have a vast knowledge of plants, which is often used for food and materials applications. However, researchers have shown that indigenous knowledge is far more extensive than just the plants used.

#6

The Chinese-whispers effect is a phenomenon that occurs when people repeat information inaccurately, which can lead to corruption of the facts stored within the songs.

#7

The last severe drought, say, may be long before living memory. Elders store the knowledge needed to survive extreme drought, floods, failed crops, and other disasters in the highest levels of restricted knowledge.

#8

We outsiders are not initiated. We will not be taught the songs and stories that encode the critical information. In books written for outsiders, engaging characters enact childlike stories.

#9

The songs, poetry, and rhythmic chants of oral cultures are not just exotic rituals to be compared with hymn singing and religious rituals in literate cultures. They are a matter of survival.

#10

The concept of songlines, or Dreaming Tracks, is a pathway through the landscape connecting a large number of significant locations. When performed, a songline is sung as a long sequence of short verses that together form a sung chart of the ancestral being’s creative journey or origin story.

#11

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