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The Story Metaphor

Both the notebook metaphor and the map metaphor are immediate. Knowledge is here and now. But what about knowledge that has a natural timeline built in such as historical knowledge, or artforms like dance, film, music, and literature? This kind of knowledge seems to ask for its own metaphor - the story metaphor. Many parts of the world have a tradition of storytelling in which stories a told and retold. Stories can...

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