Aboriginal methods of memorizing also used the idea of attaching facts to the landscape, but with added stories which describe the facts and the placement to facilitate recall.
Indigenous Australian methods of agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture included crop-growing, fish-trapping and controlled burning ('fire-stick farming') to encourage new growth in native plants and to facilitate hunting.
The "mind palace" is a method of remembering that attaches information to objects inside an imaginary building or room; also known as the method of loci, the technique is said to have originated when the Greek poet Simonides of Ceos narrowly avoided being crushed in a building collapse during a crowded banquet.
Although much Traditional knowledge is passed on through walking Country, talking with Elders, sharing songs, stories and dance, it is also closely linked to cultural objects. Traditional knowledge is also carried in digital records (e.g. e-books, catalogues, datasets etc) giving rise to issues of data sovereignty.
Oral histories substantiate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions of the past, present and future. Stories have traditionally been supported through various media such as rock and sand art, body painting, song and dance, as well as artefacts including canoes, masks, message sticks and carvings.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples track time using the complex patterns of the moon, stars, planets and sun and record and communicate methods of timekeeping through oral language, paintings, petroglyphs and stone arrangements. Such records are important within a community.
The oldest human remains in Australia were found at Lake Mungo in south-west New South Wales, part of the Willandra Lakes system. This site has been occupied by Aboriginal people from at least 47,000 years ago to the present.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge of the features of the world and navigation methods involved geographical, astronomical and environmental knowledge that was transmitted by various means, including narratives, songs, star maps, and visual designs.
Indigenous Knowledge systems build upon the experiences of earlier generations, inform the practice of current generations, and evolve in the context of contemporary society. Different First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities each have distinct ways of describing their knowledge.
Learning Maps: Explicitly mapping/visualising processes. Non-verbal: Applying intra-personal and kinaesthetic skills to thinking and learning. Symbols and Images: Using images and metaphors to understand concepts and content. Land Links: Place-based learning, linking content to local land and place.
Rehearse information over and over, either by writing it down or reading it aloud. Studies suggest that spaced repetition—spacing out learning over a longer period of time—is a more effective way to memorize information than trying to “cram” a lot of information into your brain over a short period of time.
The answer is, yes, memory palaces really work! Their use has been recorded in history for a couple of thousand years, and they have been used even back into hunter gatherer times.
Indigenous methods have been around since the time of human civilization. The word “indigenous” native or local and “knowledge” means skills the acquired through experience and the ways of using plant medicine is sustainable practice. It is the process where the people use their local knowledge.
Yandying is akin to the process of gold panning, and like winnowing is used to separate less dense particles from denser, desirable ones. A common purpose for yandying would be to separate sand, dirt or ash from seeds.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples used the technique of cold-pressing to release oils from nuts. This process uses heat generated through friction to extract a liquid oil from a solid seed or nut.
This knowledge could be agricultural, scientific or technical. It could also include knowledge about animals and plants. Indigenous Knowledge also includes traditional cultural expressions like language, stories, art, dance, and architecture.
Traditional knowledge includes types of knowledge about traditional technologies of subsistence (e.g. tools and techniques for hunting or agriculture), midwifery, ethnobotany and ecological knowledge, traditional medicine, celestial navigation, craft skills, ethnoastronomy, climate, and others.
IK is generated within communities, it is culture and location specific, it is the basis for important decision making and survival strategies and it is dynamic and innovative in nature. Tavana, (2002) speaks about two forms of IK – explicit indigenous knowledge and tacit indigenous knowledge.
Their songs and stories show that Aboriginal Australians sought to understand their Universe in a similar way to modern science. They used this knowledge of the sky to construct calendars, songlines, and other navigational tools, enabling them to navigate across the country, trading artefacts and sacred stories.
Less appropriate. The word "Dreamtime" tends to indicate a time period, which has finished. In reality, the Dreamings are ongoing all over Australia. However, many Aboriginal people do still use the word "Dreamtime", and this usage must be respected.
Methods. Indigenous navigational maps were usually drawn on the ground or in the snow. Sketched from memory, they were accompanied by verbal descriptions of the country in question. They were thus ephemeral and, in contrast to the European use of maps, required the successful traveller to rely entirely upon memory.
It is true that there has been, historically, a small number of claims that there were people in Australia before Australian Aborigines, but these claims have all been refuted and are no longer widely debated. The overwhelming weight of evidence supports the idea that Aboriginal people were the first Australians.
A new genomic study has revealed that Aboriginal Australians are the oldest known civilization on Earth, with ancestries stretching back roughly 75,000 years.
After Dutch navigators charted the northern, western and southern coasts of Australia during the 17th Century this newly found continent became known as 'New Holland'.