Adieu for now!

Hey fellow members! I just wanted to say thanks for the great time I had working with you all this semester. I learned a lot from each of you and it's been difficult but I'm glad we could work in groups so often. Hope you all you have a great Christmas vacation and who knows, maybe we'll all find ourselves in a class again!

Arrivaderci!

A Medium for Every Nation

                Different forms of media have existed for each generation of Americans today just as for any civilization in history. Some forms of knowledge are more suited to the nation’s size and structure than others in keeping the peace, establishing law and general management. Although multiple forms of media for knowledge exist in a society, the dominant media of that people affects the size and control of governmental power.

Final Post: Superiority of Folk Knowledge

Throughout this semester, we have investigated four different types of knowledge: folk knowledge, oral knowledge, written knowledge, and print knowledge. Folk knowledge we defined as knowledge that you come by informally, usually from some kind of expert. Examples of folk knowledge can include how to breed bunnies, how to crack a bull whip, and how to play an instrument or a sport. Due to the nature of this unique type of knowledge, folk knowledge accommodates collaboration and building a community more than other types of knowledge.

Final Blog: Why Print Knowledge Continues to Dominate

Although digital knowledge has expanded, and continues to expand, the way the world interacts and gains information, digital knowledge has not yet replaced print as the dominant form of knowledge.  All of the forms of knowledge that have dominated the world thus far (folk, oral, written and print) have encountered a transition period in which a new medium of knowledge is introduced, but the previous medium remains more influential.  Print and digital knowledge are in the middle of this time of transition.

Final blog post: collaboration and community-building

Although oral, written, and print forms of knowledge do accommodate collaboration and community-building, folk knowledge accommodates collaboration and builds community more because it requires human connection. 

Knowledge. Picture by me.

Reinventing Knowledge Final: The Strongest Form of Knowledge

As knowledge forms have progressed from folk, to oral, to written, and finally to print, institutions of knowledge have slowly graduated towards more formality. Because of this, it is easy to assume that with formality comes a loss of humanity, a loss of connection between learners. Therefore, among the four forms of knowledge, folk manifests itself as the most reasonably personal. However, this is not true. While folk knowledge at first appears to be the most collaborative and easily connective form of knowledge, the prior experience of individuals better indicates which knowledge form they connect to best.

FINALS FINALS FINALS!!!!!

Hello everyone! It's sort of weird to think we're coming to an end! I could go on and on about the weirdness of it, but for now, let's cut to the chase. BEHOLD! My notes for today's discussion: