On Tue, 14 Dec 1993 17:55:40 -0600 Hamid Naficy said: > Does anyone out there know about articles describing the use of the "little > medium" of audiocassettes for propagating religious and/or politically > activist doctrines and movements, either within national borders > or across geographical and national boundaries? Such uses, especially > during social revolutions, turn the little medium into a "big medium" in > terms of its sociopolitical effects. Anecdotal information, references > to articles describing such uses, and posting of actual articles electron- > ically would be appreciated. > Hamid Naficy > [log in to unmask] Hamid, there was a National Public Radio "All Things Considered" sequence during the past 30 days that looked at the use of audio cassettes as a means of continuing an "oral tradition" in North African Arab culture. I vaguely remember the content as having something to do either with poetry, or with a religious "talk" that was passed from person to person, with each adding their own commentary or interpretation of the original "talk." What word do we use to refer to a "text" of spoken, not written, language. If you come up with many responses to this, I'd be interested in a copy. Regards, Robert Robert Withers Film Department That was zen, this is tao . . . Brooklyn College Brooklyn, New York 11210 Bitnet: [log in to unmask] (718) 951-5664 Internet: [log in to unmask]