an online book by David Gurteen
Walter Ong was a renowned American scholar and cultural theorist who extensively studied the impact of communication technologies on human consciousness, particularly emphasizing the significance of orality and literacy in shaping cultures and modes of thought.
Walter Jackson Ong (November 30, 1912 – August 12, 2003) was an American Jesuit priest, professor of English literature, cultural and religious historian, and philosopher. His major interest was in exploring how the transition from orality to literacy influenced culture and changed human consciousness. In 1978 he served as elected president of the Modern Language Association.
Credit: Wikipedia - Walter_OngFew people know how much you have to know in order to know how little you know. Credit: Walter Ong Posts: Walter OngOrality ** The practice of transmitting knowledge, culture, and traditions through spoken languageQuotations: Walter OngHow Little You Know Walter OngWritten Words Are Residue Walter OngTags: knowledge (60) | Walter Ong (3)Google Web Search … Continue reading How Little You Know Walter Ong
Written words are residue. Oral tradition has no such residue or deposit … Though words are grounded in oral speech, writing tyrannically locks them into a visual field forever. A literate person, asked to think of the word ‘nevertheless’, will normally (and I strongly suspect always) have some image, at least vague, of the spelled-out … Continue reading Written Words Are Residue Walter Ong
Before the widespread use of writing, oral communication was the primary method of sharing knowledge and culture in society. This oral tradition is called orality, Orality refers to the quality or characteristic of being oral or spoken rather than written. It pertains to the culture, communication, and transmission of knowledge through speech, storytelling, and other … Continue reading Orality ** The practice of transmitting knowledge, culture, and traditions through spoken language
