00732nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100002100043245005400064300001200118490000700130520044700137022001400584                                       d1 aMichael Rowlands00aThe Role of Memory in the Transmission of Culture  a141-1510 v253 aFollowing earlier discussions of the roles played by memory in oral and literate societies, this paper distinguishes between inscribed and incorporated practices in the process of cultural transmission. Instead of adopting the distinction between literate and non-literate societies, it shows how different modes of cultural transmission can be associated with different kinds of political strategy and with different forms of religious life.  a0043-8243