IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 243: Communication and the Exploitation of Knowledge, II
Monday 6 July 2015, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Onderzoekschool Mediëvistiek |
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| Organisers: | Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht Catrien Santing, Afdeling Middeleeuwse Geschiedenis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| Moderator/Chair: | Catrien Santing, Afdeling Middeleeuwse Geschiedenis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| Paper 243-a | Yearning for a Past?: An Examination of the Communication of Memory in High Medieval Christian Thought (Language: English) Index terms: Literacy and Orality, Religious Life, Theology |
| Paper 243-b | The Modern Devotion and the Collatio: A New Approach (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Literacy and Orality, Religious Life |
| Paper 243-c | St Agnes of Rome: Martyr and Bride (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Hagiography, Literacy and Orality, Religious Life |
| Abstract | Human civilization and social order presuppose collaboration. Both are grounded in knowledge and its communication. The coming into being of expertise and the exchange of information enabled medieval people to pass on their experience and influence each other's hearts and minds. In this session we seek to explore the phenomenon 'literacies' on the basis of various examples, at the same time assessing the value of this concept. We want to know how the various forms of non-verbal, oral and written communication available in society were exploited. Next to that we will bear in mind the development and spread of new literacies and numeracies with their impact. |