Essay / homeric-transmissionResearch note
The Material Economy of Homeric Transmission
Knowledge transmission among memory, material, institution and economy.
A research note on the material basis of oral and written transmission and institutional prerequisites for stable tradition.
Thesis
Transmission is not merely textual history but a chain of education, time, materials, social roles and institutional reproduction.
Method
The analysis distinguishes demonstrable media conditions, plausible mechanisms and speculative historical reconstruction.
Open Question
How do changes in media alter the selection mechanisms determining what appears as a stable canon?