Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

wr mathmatially omplx rords
Khipus
ommuniatd information in a dural
that
that was mor rsistant to rain and
mdium
handling than pn and papr. Ths
rough
also rval th ativitis and nds
rords
Ina lif: many khipus ar dvotd to th
of
of tax data, onnting nams,
rording
information and liailitis through
houshold
for us y a sophistiatd and powrful
knots,
govrnmnt strutur. It is fasinating
Ina
losly thir systms rsmld our own.
how
ould w rading too muh into it?
Or
Hyland, a profssor of anthropology and
Sain
Gographi Explorr, has suggstd
National
just th olour of ominations twn
that
allows for 95 uniqu ord pattrns. Hr
ords
is that ominations of olours and knots
thory
syllals or words, usd in narrativ
rprsntd
or hronils. This was asd partly
pistls,
a disovry of khipus from a villag in th
on
that wr arfully prsrvd and kpt
Ands
for nturis, for far of thir dstrution
srt
Spanish onquistadors. Th Collata khipus,
y
thy ar known, having om from th
as
of San Juan d Collata, hav sin n
villag
idntifid as narrativ pistls y
“rlialy
dsndants of thir rators”. Th Collata
th
“xhiitd a divrsity of vivid olours
khipus
ould rord historial narrativs with th
and
as as Europan ooks” (Ston 2017).
sam
th Collata khipus hav n stimatd to
But
during th mid-18th ntury, ovr
originat
aftr onquistadors from Spain
200yars
lading to spulation aout whthr
arrivd,
wr an innovation inspird y ontat
thy
th Spanish writing systm.
with
th hundrds of thousands of khipus that
Of
hav xistd, only a tiny fration rmain,
may
most wr dstroyd y Spanish onqurors,
as
in an ffort to ras Ina history
prhaps
ustoms. Th only storis that w hav
and
th Ina wr writtn y th Spanish
aout
a rurring thm throughout
onqurors,
ut on that might orrtd if
history,
an diphr an Indignous Ina
sholars
through th khipu. Mdrano, th
history
o-author of a rnt papr on
undrgraduat
khipu, nots that: “it’s rally aout rvrsing
th
pushing ak against th ours of history,
and
that th winnrs hav always writtn it, and
in
is an opportunity to rvrs that path”
this
intrviwd on CBC Radio, 28
(Mdrano
xplor ths issus furthr, follow th links
To
two artils.
to
1: Mdrano, M and Urton, G. 2018.
Source
Ina’s Knotty History” (Sapins).
“Th
trms: Sapins Inas
Sarh
history
knotty
2: Ston, D. 2017. “Disovry May Hlp
Source
Diphr Anint Ina String Cod”
to
trms: National
Sarh
ina khipu od
Gographi
I. Scope
I. Scope
Dmr 2017).
(National Geographic).
Making connections
The importance of writing
We consider and expand on the role of literacy in
Chapter 8, Chapter 9 and Chapter 11. Explore these
connections to understand how writing is connected
to assumptions about social progress, numeracy
and cognitive ability, and what enters the historical
record. How do the khipu knots challenge ideas from
these dierent AOKs?
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