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Revealing Tacit Knowledge: Embodiment and Explication
Frank Adloff
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Description for Revealing Tacit Knowledge: Embodiment and Explication
Paperback. Editor(s): Adloff, Frank; Gerund, Katharina; Kaldewey, David. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
How does tacit knowledge inscribe itself into cultural and social practices? As the established distinction between tacit and explicit or discursive forms of knowledge does not explain this question, the contributions in this volume reconstruct, describe, and analyze the manifold processes by which the tacit reveals itself: They focus, for example, on metaphors, feelings, and visualizations as explications of the tacit as well as on processes of embodiment. Taken together, they demonstrate that the tacit does not constitute a single or unified knowledge complex, but has to be understood in its differentiated and fragmented forms. In addition to scholarly essays, ... Read more
How does tacit knowledge inscribe itself into cultural and social practices? As the established distinction between tacit and explicit or discursive forms of knowledge does not explain this question, the contributions in this volume reconstruct, describe, and analyze the manifold processes by which the tacit reveals itself: They focus, for example, on metaphors, feelings, and visualizations as explications of the tacit as well as on processes of embodiment. Taken together, they demonstrate that the tacit does not constitute a single or unified knowledge complex, but has to be understood in its differentiated and fragmented forms. In addition to scholarly essays, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837625165
SKU
V9783837625165
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About Frank Adloff
Frank Adloff, born in 1969, is a professor of sociology at Universität Hamburg and the co-director of the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies »Futures of Sustainability«. His research focuses on social theory, social-ecological transformations, conviviality, and civil society. Katharina Gerund (Dr. phil.) teaches American studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Her research interests include transatlantic cultural mobility, popular culture as well as ... Read more
Reviews for Revealing Tacit Knowledge: Embodiment and Explication
Besprochen in: Soziologische Revue, 40/2 (2017), Anastassija Kostan/Peter Wehling