1990
DOI: 10.1007/bf01809415
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A case study in defining literacy: David Olson's journey from the Great Divide to the Great Beyond

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“…The implicit divide and opposition between orality and literacy is simply not realistic in view of the extensive ethnographic reports from around the world (Finnegan, 2001;Theall, 1992), and research about literacy practices (Finnegan, 1988;Snyder, 1990;Reder & Davila, 2005), which stresses the interaction of orality and literacy. This interactive scenario holds true for both ancient and medieval traditions.…”
Section: Problematic Aspectsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The implicit divide and opposition between orality and literacy is simply not realistic in view of the extensive ethnographic reports from around the world (Finnegan, 2001;Theall, 1992), and research about literacy practices (Finnegan, 1988;Snyder, 1990;Reder & Davila, 2005), which stresses the interaction of orality and literacy. This interactive scenario holds true for both ancient and medieval traditions.…”
Section: Problematic Aspectsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Starting off with an overstated adversarial preconception of orality and literacy, Loubser operates with an unhistorical dualism, contrary to his own intentions. The implicit divide and opposition between orality and literacy is simply not realistic in view of the extensive ethnographic reports from around the world (Finnegan, 2001;Theall, 1992), and research about literacy practices (Finnegan, 1988;Snyder, 1990;Reder & Davila, 2005), which stresses the interaction of orality and literacy. This interactive scenario holds true for both ancient and medieval traditions.…”
Section: Problematic Aspectsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…I conclude with a brief exploration of two leads which I find in Olson's published works, leads which promise to show us something of a way out of the perplexities which currently dominate at least my own efforts to understand not only Olson's thinking but also the issue of literacy with which he continues to be concerned. KEYWORDS: meaning, text, theory, evidence, literacy, cognitive, epistemology, ontology, hermeneutics, contextualism, Olson, Heidegger, Husserl David Olson's conclusion to his "Reply to Snyder" (Olson, 1990) plunges us afresh into the issues and concerns which Howard R. Snyder raised with regard to Olson's "pilgrimage" (Snyder, 1990), and to which Olson replied. Olson wrote:…”
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