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African Drummers Invented an Internet (go-to-hellman.blogspot.com)
2 points by gluejar on March 13, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Choice quote from article: "So the drum languages seem to put importance on uniquely identifying individuals, something that our Internet is just starting to figure out. (See ORCID.) Reputation of individuals was important; I wonder if creators of particularly compelling drum poems were identified by custom, as we're starting to learn how to do with Attribution licenses."




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