Indigenous graphic communication systems: a theoretical approach

"Challenges Western academic views on what writing is and explores how these concepts can be improved by analyzing the sophisticated graphic communication systems found in Central Mesoamerica and Andean South America. Exploring and rejecting the Western notion that writing exists only to record...

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Other Authors: Mikulska, Katarzyna ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor), Offner, Jerome A. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Louisville University Press of Colorado [2019]
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Summary:"Challenges Western academic views on what writing is and explores how these concepts can be improved by analyzing the sophisticated graphic communication systems found in Central Mesoamerica and Andean South America. Exploring and rejecting the Western notion that writing exists only to record the chain of speech"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:xx, 393 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781607328766