To give back the things that you had once taken from the world. If you are skilled and talented, or know something, it can help give meaning and purpose in your life to give it back. Sometimes we get far enough in life, that it is sort of a duty of ours, to help make it easier for the future generations of people. Various random things that you might feel or think is useless, but it could make a world’s difference to other people. Writing down these passed-down teachings formalizes the teachings. Including art, literature, or whatever medium you send your message through.Įventually someone has the technology, time, and idea to write down the tribal knowledge. Every person would interpret things differently. Well, to each person, those are 1,000 different words. If it was art, then they say a picture is worth 1,000 words. The work that we create is differenlty interpretted. Remember how the telephone game yields miscommunication? The message that we pass down is different from the person that receives it. So much wisdom, secret knowledge, and information can be lost by not properly passing it down or having an early retirement before a rightful successor can be elected or named. Similarly our President of the United States passes down to the next oncoming president. Likewise, an Arch Bishop or Cardinal passes down knowledge to their successor. Like a Tribal shaman passing down wisdom to the next shaman. There is some sort of rite of passage for those that qualify for the knowledge. Tribes would pass down knowledge from one chief to the next. There was not formal curriculum and they lived a fairly hermetic life in the pursuit of knowledge and alchemy. They would perform medicine by learning from their instructors and masters. Plague doctors used to teach by apprenticeship. If that experienced worker doesn’t pass on the knowledge, then it is lost. This knowledge is passed down onto the most experienced worker. The status quo or ‘what works best’ is different depending on the culture or the tribe. You can consider this like a tutelage, a mentorship, or on-the-job training. Tribal Knowledge is knowledge that is orally passed down. Some people have played the game with body language instead, and the results are similar. The 4th person didn’t understand the 3rd, so the 4th person tries to make something that sounds right and say “I like beans”Īnd this game continues on and on until the the 10th person says something that is completely different from the 1st. The person might hear “I like cream” and then pass the message to the 4th person and misspoke saying “I like reams” The 2nd person might hear “I like cream” and then passes that message on to the 3rd person. The first person passes the message “I like ice cream” to the 2nd person. The telephone game is played by one message being transmitted between person to person until the message goes in full circle.įor instance, if there are 10 people sitting in a circle. When we communicate, things change The Game We can use this game to model real world things that happen. In communication, and language, the telephone game has an important role to play in how meaning is sent.
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