PRESERVING THE KNOWLEDGE
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Preserving knowledge involves capturing, maintaining, and making accessible accumulated information and expertise crucial for learning, innovation, and cultural continuity.
The Sumerians used cuneiform. The Egyptians used hieroglyphics. The Aztecs used glyphs and codices. Mesoamerica was the Maya script. The Ojibwa birchbark scrolls, Shang Dynasty China (c. 1200 BC), known as oracle bone script (jiaguwen); then we have The ancient Greek, the forefather of today's alphabet.
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Greek Alphabet.
The ancient Greek writing system is called the Greek alphabet, which is an alphabetic script derived from the Phoenician alphabet and is the earliest known to systematically write vowels as well as consonants.
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The Italic Scripts
(from which the Latin alphabet developed), and various other scripts like Runic, Ogham, and Glagolitic.
- Linear A and Linear B:
- Cretan Hieroglyphs:
- Vinča Symbols: These symbols, found in Neolithic Europe, are considered a proto-writing system, though their meaning is still debated.
The Ojibwa Birch Bark Scrolls:
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A wiigwaasabak (in Anishinaabe syllabics: ᐐᒀᓴᐸᒃ, plural: wiigwaasabakoon ᐐᒀᓴᐸᑰᓐ) is a birch bark scroll, on which the Ojibwa (Anishinaabe) people of North America wrote with a written language composed of complex geometrical patterns and shapes. Closely resembling cuneiform.
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The Inka Empire, a large pre-Columbian civilization in South America, used a system of knotted cords called "quipus" (or "khipus") to record information, including numerical data, inventories, and potential narratives.
Most other nations those thousands of years ago used mainly Pictographs and Petroglyphs:
The point is that as far back as archeologists have been able to excavate to date, it is obvious they certainly did their best to record the knowledge for thousands of years.
Cavepeople, even from before the last ice age, maybe even the one before that one, have been keeping records on cave walls.
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- 1 The cave dwellers who created pictorials on cave walls were primarily Neanderthals, with some evidence suggesting that early modern humans (Homo sapiens) also contributed to this art form.
- 2 Even people living before the Ice Age, specifically during the Upper Paleolithic period (roughly 40,000 to 14,000 years ago), created pictorials on cave walls, which we now know as cave art.
Preserve The Knowledge.
The Fairy Lady
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PRESERVANDO EL CONOCIMIENTO
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Preservar el conocimiento implica capturar, mantener y hacer accesible la información y la experiencia acumuladas, cruciales para el aprendizaje, la innovación y la continuidad cultural.
Los sumerios usaban la escritura cuneiforme. Los egipcios, los jeroglíficos. Los aztecas, glifos y códices. Mesoamérica, la escritura maya. Los rollos de corteza de abedul ojibwa de la dinastía Shang (China, c. 1200 a. C.), conocidos como escritura en hueso oracular (jiaguwen); finalmente, tenemos el griego antiguo, precursor del alfabeto actual.
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Alfabeto griego.
El sistema de escritura griego antiguo se denomina alfabeto griego, un sistema de escritura derivado del alfabeto fenicio y el más antiguo conocido en escribir sistemáticamente tanto vocales como consonantes.
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Las escrituras itálicas (de las cuales se desarrolló el alfabeto latino) y otras escrituras como la rúnica, la ogam y la glagolítica.
- Lineal A y Lineal B:
- Jeroglíficos cretenses:
- Símbolos de Vinča: Estos símbolos, hallados en la Europa neolítica, se consideran un sistema de protoescritura, aunque su significado aún se debate.
Los Rollos de Corteza de Abedul Ojibwa:
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Un wiigwaasabak (en silábico anishinaabe: ᐐᒀᓴᐸᒃ, plural: wiigwaasabakoon ᐐᒀᓴᐸᑰᓐ) es un rollo de corteza de abedul en el que el pueblo ojibwa (anishinaabe) de Norteamérica escribía con un lenguaje compuesto por complejos patrones y formas geométricas. Muy similar a la escritura cuneiforme.
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El Imperio Inca, una gran civilización precolombina en Sudamérica, utilizaba un sistema de cuerdas anudadas llamadas "quipus" (o "khipus") para registrar información, incluyendo datos numéricos, inventarios y posibles narrativas.
La mayoría de las demás naciones de hace miles de años utilizaban principalmente pictografías y petroglifos:
La cuestión es que, desde que los arqueólogos han podido excavar hasta la fecha, es evidente que hicieron todo lo posible por registrar el conocimiento durante miles de años.
Los habitantes de las cavernas, incluso antes de la última glaciación, tal vez incluso de la anterior, han mantenido registros en las paredes de las cuevas.
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- 1 Los habitantes de las cavernas que crearon imágenes en las paredes de las cuevas eran principalmente neandertales, y algunas evidencias sugieren que los primeros humanos modernos (Homo sapiens) también contribuyeron a esta forma de arte.
- 2 Incluso las personas que vivieron antes de la Edad de Hielo, específicamente durante el Paleolítico Superior (hace aproximadamente entre 40.000 y 14.000 años), crearon pinturas en las paredes de las cuevas, lo que ahora conocemos como arte rupestre.
Preservar el conocimiento.
La Dama de Hadas
Comment, Paula Koval:
ReplyDeleteMyths, Fairies, and Me I chose a laugh emoticon based on thme last few lines of your comment. Your post, "Preserving the Knowledge," discusses something essential to the growth and development of a civilization.
I don't know how a society, a nation, a company, or any group, can know where to go without knowing where it's been.
Why plow already plowed ground, or reinvent the wheel? Without meticulously kept court records we would be litigating settled law. The scientific method of investigation calls for written records and notes.
Preserved knowledge in the Twenty-first Century is often shared mouth to ear. I've worked in several groups having a member with longevity. That person was a valuable link to the past when we asked why or how something was done.
A public library or other large library is a storehouse of humanity's knowledge. A nation that does not esteem knowledge is buying its imminent demise.
Thank you for discussing this vital concept, Cindy.
Reply, The Fairy Lady:
Paula Koval; Thank you. Without stored knowledge or if the recorded information was suddenly to go missing it could mean you would have to reinvent the wheel.