Embodied knowledge

The experience of meaning and the struggle towards proficiency in glassblowing

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2402243
AutoresErin O’connor (0000-0002-6318-5693, New School, autor de correspondencia), Erin L O’Connor (0000-0003-0628-9848, New School for Social Research, New York, USA,)
Año2005
Volumen6
Número2
Páginas183-204
Fecha de publicación2005-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1466-1381 • E-ISSN: 1741-2714
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1466138105057551
OpenAlexW2114582466
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas68
Referencias citadas4

Becoming a proficient glassblower involves an indispensable shift away from cognitive readings of practice towards corporeal readings. In learning glassblowing myself in the course of an ethnography of handicrafts in New York City, the subtleties of apprenticeship, the modes of reading and understanding the practice, both cognitive and corporeal, have emerged, making more complex our understanding of the transmission, development, and modalities of practical knowledge. Such ethnographic dissection brings phenomenological considerations to bear on the question of achieving proficient practical knowledge, and enables us to sharpen our understanding of the role of meaning in practice

Apprenticeship · Cognition · Cognitive science · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Meaning (existential · Reading (process · Sociology · Anthropology · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Philosophy · Psychology