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David Thornburg Quotes

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“For thousands of years, storytelling was a mechanism for teaching. While it was not the only mechanism, it was (and is) an important one. Through storytelling, the wisdom of elders was passed to the next generation.”
— David Thornburg, Campfires in Cyberspace: Primordial Metaphors for Learning in the 21st Century
Tagged: Storytelling, Elders, Wisdom, Oral History, Teaching
“This quality of nuance and multiple interpretations is common to storytelling. It is one reason that adults and children can enjoy the same story together—each age takes from the story the elements that are appropriate.”
— David Thornburg, Campfires in Cyberspace: Primordial Metaphors for Learning in the 21st Century
Tagged: Nuance, Interpretation, Storytelling, adults, Children
“I'm quite optimistic. We are witnessing a tremendous trend toward truly personal, powerful computational devices with built-in communication capabilities. We will soon be freed from our desks and from power and phone jacks.”
— David Thornburg
Tagged: Optimism, Personal Computing, Freedom
“Just as campfires resonate deeply across space and time, watering holes have an equal status in the pantheon of learning places. Virtually every hominid on the planet has, at one time in its historical existence, needed to gather at a central source for water. During these trips to the watering hole, people shared information with their neighbors—those within their own village, as well as those from neighboring villages and travelers on their way to or from a distant village. The watering hole became a place where we learned from our peers—where we shared the news of the day.”
— David Thornburg, Campfires in Cyberspace: Primordial Metaphors for Learning in the 21st Century
Tagged: Campfires, Storyetelling, Pantheon, Watering Holes
“Through legends and artifacts we know that, throughout the planet, learners have needed, on occasion, to isolate themselves from others in order to gain special insights. Whether these periods of isolation took place in the forest, or in caves, whether they were the subject of great ritual, or just casual encounters with personal insight, the importance of having time alone with one’s thoughts has been known for millennia. The ‘vision quest’ practiced by some indigenous peoples of the Americas represents one of the more formalized renditions of this practice.”
— David Thornburg, Campfires in Cyberspace: Primordial Metaphors for Learning in the 21st Century
Tagged: Legends, Artifacts, Isolation, Forest, Vision Quest
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