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Most "oral" histories should be called "folk" histories.
by pradn 7y ago
Most "oral" histories should be called "folk" histories.
- jcs87 7y agoWould be interested to hear more about why you think that's a better term! I agree that there's something about 'oral' that doesn't quite capture it.
- joshlegs 7y agoim a little perplexed why the phrase 'oral' was at all used here. It literally means "spread by word of mouth" -- but this is a text format. although this is probably a little bit nitpicky, i guess.
- reaperducer 7y agoThere are cultures where passing information orally is so common that it's as accurate as written information. Writing things down made people less able to remember things. Just as Google made us incapable of researching and remembering details.