Mnemonics

Mnemonics are devices or techniques used to aid the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information.

Written cultures: practices in which knowledge, stories, and customs are preserved and shared through writing and reading.

E.g. acronyms, acrostics, and the method of loci

Oral cultures: practices in which knowledge, stories, and customs are preserved and shared through spoken word and movement

E.g. sung narratives and Songlines

An acronym is a mnemonic device in which the first letters of items form a pronounceable word to aid memory

An acrostic is a mnemonic device in which the first letters of items create a phrase, rhyme, or poem to aid memory.

The method of loci is a mnemonic device that converts items into mental images and associates them with specific locations to aid memory.

A songline is a sequence of short sung narratives associated with specific locations that are linked by a physically walked, or imagined, path through Country.

Sung narratives are stories that share important cultural, ecological, and survival information through the use of singing, harmony, and rhythm.