http://www.oralitystrategies.org//about_list.cfm?ResourceType=4 Orality in the news around the world. Copyright 2009 Orality Strategies Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:40:31 EST http://www.oralitystrategies.org/build_images/build_logo.jpg http://www.oralitystrategies.org//about_list.cfm?ResourceType=4 NPR reports how karaoke videos are teaching Cambodians how to "avoid unsafe water." Listen as Jon Hamilton explains. NPR - Jon Hamilton Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:03:46 EST Alabama Baptists have developed stories on DVDs for use in introducing people to faith in Christ. Realizing that many people prefer video over reading, they developed the DVDs as conversation starters. One DVD contains footage of nine people telling their own story of coming to faith in Christ. Church members are encouraged to share the DVD with a friend and later follow up to get their impressions of the stories they watched. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:20:27 EST Does online reading strengthen web-surfers' literacy skills or undermine them? That question is being hotly debated. Determining the answer may help us understand secondary orality better. This article from the New York Times explores the state of the debate... Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:26:29 EST Baptists on Mission features an article exploring the challenges in defining orality and measuring the number of oral learners in the world. The article was written by Grant Lovejoy and can be found on page 121 in the linked article. Grant Lovejoy Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:07:08 EST A BBC reporter's account of working on a program for a radio drama has many lessons for those who want to use radio effectively in predominantly oral cultures. Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:44:39 EST The world's largest humanitarian award, the $1.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Prize, was awarded in 2007 to an aid group, Tostan, that used traditional song, poetry, dance, and drama to educate impoverished Senegalese women... Thomson Reuters Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:41:40 EST 'USA Today' reflects on an oral culture, the Qiang, after the recent earthquake in China. The article describes the oral culture and highlights some of the challenges members of oral cultures face in preserving their language and heritage. Almost 30,000 Qiang died in the earthquake. Calum MacLeod Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:05:19 EST An article that examines "oral interpretation" and "biblical translation" and the natural ability for a story to form images. Janet Stahl Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:04:26 EST "Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?" So the supercomputer HAL pleads with the implacable astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous and weirdly..." Nicholas Carr Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:03:26 EST "It's unfortunate Nicholas Carr's new article in the Atlantic is titled Is Google Making Us Stupid?, because the headline..." Carlo Scannella Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:59:58 EST The movie world has been fretting for years about the collapse of stardom. Now there are growing fears that another chunk of film architecture is looking wobbly: the story. MICHAEL CIEPLY Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:57:23 EST