作为认识论和方法论的口头传统

Oral Tradition as Epistemology and Methodology

口头传统作为古老而又常新的信息交流方式,一直未得到学界应有的重视。在人类媒介的发展历史中,语言、文字、印刷术、互联网分别代表着几个重要阶段。在人文学术领域,口头传统关涉人类认识世界和呈现世界的方式,是人类观念传承和知识传递的过程和结果。探讨口头传统及其与人类活动最具广泛性和多样性的内在关联,不但具有认识论价值,而且具有方法论意义。

As an age-old and often new information technology,oral tradition has not been given due attention in the academia for a long time.Orality,literacy,printing,and the Internet represent several important stages respectively in the humankind’s media history.In the human sciences,oral tradition refers to the means of understanding and expressing the inner and outer world in immense scale.It is not only of epistemological value but also of methodological significance to explore oral tradition and its intrinsic relationship with the most extensive and diverse human activities.