Tag Archives: mnemonics
Visual Alphabets galore
Of all my memory devices, the Visual Alphabet is probably the one I use most after the The Bestiary. Basically, it is a peg system – information is pegged onto each item in the sequence. The most familiar peg system … Continue reading
A new book – Memory Craft
Great excitement! I have just signed a contract with my publisher, Allen & Unwin, to do a new book. The working title (may not end up being the real title) is Unlocking the Memory Code. Publication date is probably early … Continue reading
Memory Workshops – The Orality Centre
The Orality Centre will run the first workshops using indigenous memory methods on Saturday 17 June 2017. All details are on The Orality Centre site including the link for bookings. For further information contact info@theoralitycentre.org. Click HERE or on the image to … Continue reading
Memory and ageing
Would we reduce the impact of failing memory, and maybe even of dementia, by formally keeping people in contact with their personal memory devices – song, dance, story, art and landscape? The many questions I receive about my research on … Continue reading
Reader Response: memorising birds and then more …
Reader Jonno Roche wrote such interesting emails that I asked permission to quote our conversation here. This is an edited version of the conversation, but left long because I found what Jonno had to say absolutely fascinating: “I found the idea of the … Continue reading
Reader question: moving away from a memory space
[Click on all the images to get larger sizes.] Miroslav Kalous from Prague in the Czech Republic, wrote and asked: I’d like to thank you for the idea of “large memory spaces” which is really thrilling and I’m on the verge of building … Continue reading
Memory Sports – I am hooked!
The Australian Memory Championship was won by woman for the first time in November 2016. Anastasia Woolmer self-trained intensely for only five months yet set two new Australian records out of ten events. She credits her background as a ballet … Continue reading
Grounded: Indigenous Knowing in a Concrete Reality
My new essay is now available free from open access academic publisher, Rounded Globe. Download here: Grounded: Indigenous Knowing in a Concrete Reality The description from the Rounded Globe website: “Non-literate cultures depend on their memories to store all the information … Continue reading
Announcing The Orality Centre
I am absolutely delighted to announce the formation of the Orality Centre which will be based in Etty Street, Castlemaine, on the site which was previously the senior campus for Castlemaine Secondary College (CSC) before the whole school was combined in their new … Continue reading