The ability to tell stories, as many scientists agree, probably brought our species decisive evolutionary advantages. These or similarly idealized yet archaic scenarios come to mind whenever storytelling is brought up.īut in 2018, the age of ubiquity of screens of every shape and size from smart phones, HDTVs, gaming PCs and consoles, 3D IMAX movies, VR glasses and augmented reality – has the allure of oral storytelling still held up? Or will it soon join the rank of extinct traditions of bygone eras such as flip books or puppet shows? Elsewhere, the sound of pages being turned as a mother reads fairytales, while the children, faces buried up to their noses under blankets, listen with rapt attention, eyes wide open, spellbound by night time stories that carry on in dreams. THE raspy voice of the tribal elder interweaves with the crackle of the campfire and the rustling of the leaves in the evening air as he narrates tales of wild beasts and courageous warriors.
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