Now You Can Find It All on the Internet: Spelling Out Secret Knowledge in China and the Challenge of Complexity
This study examines the challenges that Chinese practitioners of divination face as their specialized knowledge becomes increasingly available online. Traditionally, diviners rely on body-based computation skills to memorize and apply complex techniques. These skills are the hallmarks of an expertis...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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International journal of divination and prognostication
Year: 2025, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 86-118 |
| Further subjects: | B
divination skill transfer in social media
B Divination B shouzhang jue 手掌诀 B hand mnemonics B popularization B “Secret formulas of the palm” B knowledge transmission B Complexity |
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