Tacit Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19015406 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Prentice (0000-0002-4561-5821, Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2430 |
| OpenAlex | W4236913377 |
| ISBN | 9780470657225 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Tacit knowledge reflects understandings or skills developed in action, through doing rather than by formal means. The concept of tacit knowledge was explored most thoroughly by the chemist‐turned‐philosopher Michael Polanyi, but the tension between articulable knowledge and tacit knowledge recurs in anthropology, sometimes under different terms, such as habitus and mētis . This entry discusses tacit knowledge as discussed by Polanyi and others, as well two closely related concepts familiar to anthropologists. Tacit knowing is significant as a means to think about embodied knowledges, the difficulties of teaching or transmitting them, and the ways in which knowledge can be silently or passively transmitted. It usefully exposes the distinction between knowledge that can be formalized or rationalized and knowledge that resists formalization, as well as the political tensions these knowledges can engender. Further, the concept of tacit knowledge incorporates the dimension of knowing that develops through practices, including physical, moral, and religious practices
Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Explicit knowledge · Habitus · Sociology · Tacit knowledge · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |