and reading through it, it's really amazing to see how oral culture can be so strong. this should be self evident i think but...
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i think that we often dismiss oral culture. folklore is sidelined in historical studies, usually.
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and obviously this isn't something i know much about but i know that many white archaeologists and historians dismiss the oral cultures of..
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...first nations and native american peoples, which is totally unacceptable. oral culture is wonderful and needs to be preserved
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and respected. but we often dismiss it because the white western narrative is dismissive of the strength of memory and remembrance
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memory studies, y'all. i love writing about memory and collective identity forged from memories, stories, etc.
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sort of a rambling rant but just a reminder to be respectful of peoples' oral traditions and culture, i suppose. it's important.
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and being respectful means listening and not trying to "well, actually" them.
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the whole bullshit bering strait bridge bullcrap they teach in arch. classes is a complete erasure of indigenous people's oral cultures
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and it also doesn't actually square with archaeological evidence either. but yeah oral culture is not less credible or important.
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okay /endrant
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