ISBN:
1444338927
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9781444338928
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 201 p)
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ill. (chiefly col.)
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute special issue book series 4
Parallel Title:
Print version Making Knowledge : Explorations of the Indissoluble Relation between Mind, Body and Environment
DDC:
306.4/2
Keywords:
Knowledge, Theory of
;
Mind and body
;
Cognition and culture
;
Philosophical anthropology
Abstract:
"Making Knowledge presents the work of leading anthropologists who promote pioneering approaches to understanding the nature and social constitution of human knowledge. The book offers a progressive interdisciplinary approach to the subject and covers a rich and diverse ethnography. Presents cutting-edge research and theory in anthropology. Includes many beautiful illustrations throughout. The contributions cover a rich and diverse ethnography. Offers a progressive interdisciplinary approach to the eternal questions concerning 'human knowledge' Contributions by leading scholars in the field who explore a wide range of disciplines through an anthropological perspective"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
"As a species, we are composed, in part, of innate capacities - biological, perceptual, cognitive and motor - that engage us with the world of which we are a part, and thereby enable us to survive, adapt and thrive. By contrast, arts and virtues are not innate, but realised and reinforced in social and cultural practice. The contributions to this volume progress our thinking about human knowledge through explorations of the interdependence of nurture with nature: and more specifically the interdependence of mind, body and environment. While emphases on the roles played by environment and context in the processes of knowledge-making vary between the authors, all situate the sentient, practicing body at the core of their work. Investigations are guided by the eternal questions of 'How we know?' and 'How we come to know?' The acute observations and ground-breaking theory that arise from the ethnography promote deeper, better-informed questioning about knowledge, and stimulate interdisciplinary approaches to the study of human learning, thinking and practice"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
"Making Knowledge presents the work of leading anthropologists who promote pioneering approaches to understanding the nature and social constitution of human knowledge. The book offers a progressive interdisciplinary approach to the subject and covers a rich and diverse ethnography. Presents cutting-edge research and theory in anthropology. Includes many beautiful illustrations throughout. The contributions cover a rich and diverse ethnography. Offers a progressive interdisciplinary approach to the eternal questions concerning 'human knowledge' Contributions by leading scholars in the field who explore a wide range of disciplines through an anthropological perspective"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
"As a species, we are composed, in part, of innate capacities - biological, perceptual, cognitive and motor - that engage us with the world of which we are a part, and thereby enable us to survive, adapt and thrive. By contrast, arts and virtues are not innate, but realised and reinforced in social and cultural practice. The contributions to this volume progress our thinking about human knowledge through explorations of the interdependence of nurture with nature: and more specifically the interdependence of mind, body and environment. While emphases on the roles played by environment and context in the processes of knowledge-making vary between the authors, all situate the sentient, practicing body at the core of their work. Investigations are guided by the eternal questions of 'How we know?' and 'How we come to know?' The acute observations and ground-breaking theory that arise from the ethnography promote deeper, better-informed questioning about knowledge, and stimulate interdisciplinary approaches to the study of human learning, thinking and practice"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
MAKING KNOWLEDGE: EXPLORATIONS OF THE INDISSOLUBLE RELATION BETWEEN MIND, BODY AND ENVIRONMENT; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction: Making knowledge: explorations of the indissoluble relation between mind, body, and environment; 1: 'Practice without theory': a neuroanthropological perspective on embodied learning; 2: Learning to listen: auscultation and the transmission of auditory knowledge; 3: The craft of skilful learning: Kazakh women's everyday craft practices in western Mongolia
Description / Table of Contents:
4: 'Something to talk about': notation and knowledge makingamong Central Slovak lace-makers5: Embodied cognition and communication: studies with British fine woodworkers; 6: Footprints through the weather-world: walking, breathing, knowing; 7: Unconscious culture and conscious nature: exploring East Javanese conceptions of the person through Bourdieu's lens; 8: Learning to weave; weaving to learn ... what?; 9: Reflections on knowledge practices and the problem of ignorance; 10: Anthropology of knowledge; Index
Note:
"Originally published as Volume 16, Speical Issue May 2010 of The journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute."--t.p. verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1002/9781444391473
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