That's All, Folks!

In the relay of knowledge, the baton is never dropped. However, pieces of it are lost forever.

            Hello Carpe Diem!!! Hope finals are going well! Congrats to all on making it this far! I decided to put this up a little early since I have a test in the morning. So, after a few very interesting discussions this morning on all kinds of knowledge, I came up with my idea for my blog post!

            Knowledge has grown and changed much throughout the centuries. As knowledge institutions and mediums have progressed over the years from folk knowledge to the new frontier of digital knowledge today, there has been an ever increasing shift in its complexity as people strive to preserve the knowledge they already have while adding new knowledge onto it. Although many have attempted to preserve the various precursors to each new form of knowledge, each additional type of knowledge has accommodated less and less collaboration among the peoples of the world. 

Final Exam Part 1: Notes!!!

 Unit 1: Folk Knowledge

• The types of folk knowledge we discussed all brought people closer together. We discovered this especially through the teaching/learning assignment. As someone shared a little bit of themselves-their knowledge-the participants grew closer.
• There was a set way to do many things, probably based off of the emphasis on the sophic instead of the mantic viewpoint. 
• Many folk traditions helped explain the unknown.
• Because of the lack of writing things down, folk knowledge changed drastically with new technologies as older knowledge was valued less, and some was lost entirely. 
• Folk knowledge was a very present day oriented knowledge. Why worry about the future when you are struggling to survive?
• Now that we don't need many things that were used for survival when folk knowledge was the only form of knowledge, we are bringing them back for recreational purposes-as hobbies.

Unit 2: Oral Knowledge

• The group I researched, the Kalahari Bushmen, have always used folk and oral knowledge.
• More personal connection through oral knowledge-forced to communicate well in person.
• Still a big emphasis on religion with folk knowledge as seen in Bushmen culture.
• Examples of eloquence in the Bushmen culture used a lot of repetition and simple language.
• Is eloquence or simplicity more important in getting across the message of a story?
• In our group, possibility discussed of oral knowledge giving rulers too much power. Eloquence helped many get into power and get their way. More believable when only oral knowledge.
• Emotion/feeling lost when the transition is made from oral to written knowledge. Ex. sarcasm.
• Interview: when I only listened, I was able to remember the basic, important topics. Might not have remembered these if I was focused on notes. When I listened to recording and took notes, I picked up details more.
• King Benjamin's Speech: Repetition helped me remember better my part. Saying the speech out loud instead of reading it helped me connect with it more. Stronger feeling-could imagine how it would be to be there.

Unit 3: Written Knowledge

• Reading special collections book on written knowledge
• Shift to written knowledge slower than the development of a written language.
• I learned that language goes from spoken to simple pictures to ideographs and finally to the representation of sound through symbols. So, then, art and pictures can be seen as a form of writing.
• Written knowledge allows for a better preservation of knowledge.
• Hardships of learning to write: complexity of the language, social status (wealth and gender)
• Can penmanship connect with class standing?
• Is writing notes better than listening, both in church and in other instances?
• Shifts in forms of knowledge were opposed (change is scary). Drawbacks to the shift from oral to written knowledge? Ex. talks in church.
• Phonetic writing?
• Calligraphy project: learned that learning a new language is difficult and hugely frustrating.
• Rosetta stone: finding loopholes in a language, having different words for the same concept: ex. = a god. 
• Aesthetics and writing.

Unit 4: Print Knowledge

• Field Trip: fight over the control of print, print was a very powerful tool for convincing others. Those who rebelled might not be able to print: ex. Wycliffe's New Testament. Print allowed to reform religion.
• Bibliography: transition to only internet-accessible knowledge. Library had wide expanse of printed works.
• Paper: plagiarism not always bad. Print knowledge very effective-I can type faster than write and was able to print the paper in five seconds.
• I researched music print: staff was printed first, then notes were either added later by hand or by a second print. 
• Separate typeface for music and other languages. 
• Different methods for printing in different countries: in Asia, ceramic materials were used and there were multiple types for each character.
• Everyone seems to have used woodblock technology first.
• Printing was only quicker than writing if multiple copies were made.

Final Exam part 1: Notes!!!

 Unit 1: Folk Knowledge

• The types of folk knowledge we discussed all brought people closer together. We discovered this especially through the teaching/learning assignment. As someone shared a little bit of themselves-their knowledge-the participants grew closer.
• There was a set way to do many things, probably based off of the emphasis on the sophic instead of the mantic viewpoint. 
• Many folk traditions helped explain the unknown.
• Because of the lack of writing things down, folk knowledge changed drastically with new technologies as older knowledge was valued less, and some was lost entirely. 
• Folk knowledge was a very present day oriented knowledge. Why worry about the future when you are struggling to survive?
• Now that we don't need many things that were used for survival when folk knowledge was the only form of knowledge, we are bringing them back for recreational purposes-as hobbies.

Unit 2: Oral Knowledge

• The group I researched, the Kalahari Bushmen, have always used folk and oral knowledge.
• More personal connection through oral knowledge-forced to communicate well in person.
• Still a big emphasis on religion with folk knowledge as seen in Bushmen culture.
• Examples of eloquence in the Bushmen culture used a lot of repetition and simple language.
• Is eloquence or simplicity more important in getting across the message of a story?
• In our group, possibility discussed of oral knowledge giving rulers too much power. Eloquence helped many get into power and get their way. More believable when only oral knowledge.
• Emotion/feeling lost when the transition is made from oral to written knowledge. Ex. sarcasm.
• Interview: when I only listened, I was able to remember the basic, important topics. Might not have remembered these if I was focused on notes. When I listened to recording and took notes, I picked up details more.
• King Benjamin's Speech: Repetition helped me remember better my part. Saying the speech out loud instead of reading it helped me connect with it more. Stronger feeling-could imagine how it would be to be there.

Unit 3: Written Knowledge

• Reading special collections book on written knowledge
• Shift to written knowledge slower than the development of a written language.
• I learned that language goes from spoken to simple pictures to ideographs and finally to the representation of sound through symbols. So, then, art and pictures can be seen as a form of writing.
• Written knowledge allows for a better preservation of knowledge.
• Hardships of learning to write: complexity of the language, social status (wealth and gender)
• Can penmanship connect with class standing?
• Is writing notes better than listening, both in church and in other instances?
• Shifts in forms of knowledge were opposed (change is scary). Drawbacks to the shift from oral to written knowledge? Ex. talks in church.
• Phonetic writing?
• Calligraphy project: learned that learning a new language is difficult and hugely frustrating.
• Rosetta stone: finding loopholes in a language, having different words for the same concept: ex. = a god. 
• Aesthetics and writing.

Unit 4: Print Knowledge

• Field Trip: fight over the control of print, print was a very powerful tool for convincing others. Those who rebelled might not be able to print: ex. Wycliffe's New Testament. Print allowed to reform religion.
• Bibliography: transition to only internet-accessible knowledge. Library had wide expanse of printed works.
• Paper: plagiarism not always bad. Print knowledge very effective-I can type faster than write and was able to print the paper in five seconds.
• I researched music print: staff was printed first, then notes were either added later by hand or by a second print. 
• Separate typeface for music and other languages. 
• Different methods for printing in different countries: in Asia, ceramic materials were used and there were multiple types for each character.
• Everyone seems to have used woodblock technology first.
• Printing was only quicker than writing if multiple copies were made.

Unit Paper!

Okay guys, so here is my very rough draft of my paper. As such, feel free to rip it to shreds, I won't be offended. Plus it will help out my paper a lot!!! Drum roll, please...

The Force of Printing

Just thought this was amazing!

Oh, the amazing things you can do with type! Sadly, I did not travel on a spaceship for my field trip; nor did I go to the Crandall museum, after learning that they were not opened on Saturdays unless you had a large group. But last Tuesday, I made my journey down to the great display at the bottom of the library- the King James Bible exhibit.

Heads Up!

Hey guys, I just noticed that if you start writing a post earlier in the week, it shows up on our blogging list for the day you started writing it, not the day you posted. For example, my post for today ended up under Alicia's. I think the same happened with Scott's because he is under Tuesday for this week.

Bibliography Scavenger Hunt! Plagiarism

I began my hunt early Saturday morning. I had walked through this magical forest before, looking for books, and knew the hard task which I faced. Finding a few books in the thousands that were out there would be very difficult. First, I needed to decide which species I was looking for. I decided that I would research plagiarism, since I have a research paper due today and that is one of the things that one tries to avoid wholeheartedly. Once I had determined this, I needed to know where to locate my prey. I pulled out my secret weapon...my laptop. I pulled up the Harold B. Lee Library's website, typed in the word "Early Plagiarism", and, quick as a gazelle, I had found a book and a periodical. Once I had captured my first target-the book-the rest was relatively easy. That book led me to it's friends, other books that also had to do with the same subject.