Log in to save to my catalogue

Digital Guru: Embodiment, Technology, and the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge in Kerala

Digital Guru: Embodiment, Technology, and the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge in Kerala

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2231820903

Digital Guru: Embodiment, Technology, and the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge in Kerala

About this item

Full title

Digital Guru: Embodiment, Technology, and the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge in Kerala

Author / Creator

Publisher

Nagoya: Nanzan University

Journal title

Asian folklore studies, 2018-01, Vol.77 (1/2), p.3-31

Language

English

Formats

Publication information

Publisher

Nagoya: Nanzan University

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

The Nambudiri Brahmins of the South Indian state of Kerala transmit what may be the oldest surviving musical culture in South Asia, a fixed oral tradition of sacred songs used in ritual (Sāmaveda). Without recourse to written notation, Nambudiri practitioners teach songs face-to-face, using their voices and a distinctive system of hand gestures to...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Digital Guru: Embodiment, Technology, and the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge in Kerala

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2231820903

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2231820903

Other Identifiers

ISSN

1882-6865

How to access this item