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Do we need custodians of knowledge? - Coggle Diagram
Do we need custodians of knowledge?
ART
Yes
No
HISTORY
Yes
archival knowledge to protect the past
curators and conservators that have the skills to preserve information and objects for the future
control the method of preserving the past or ensuring that history is objective
modern historians reconsidering past historical accounts to find biases
modern historians forced to use cross-referencing to minimise mythological history being mixed with ancient history, such as those of Herodotus
No
limitations caused by the biases of historians
limitations caused by the people in power
damnatio memoriae
Nero, Caligula, etc
Augustus' removal of certain people and choice to display others in his forum of statues
Definitions
Custodians
anyone who can protect the knowledge for the future
archivists, librarians, historians, conservators, curators
anyone who is communicating the knowledge in the present
teachers, curators, librarians, historians
anyone who protected or communicated the knowledge in the past
all of the below but also specifically ancient, such as Herodotus
Knowledge