 It's the body (that does it)! The production of knowledge through body in scientific learning practiceAssunta Viteritti Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2013, vol. 29, issue 4, 367-376 Abstract: The article focuses on the scientist's body with the aim of analyzing how knowledge is produced by the body in scientific practice. This process is mediated by links and interactions with the sociomaterial dimension of working practices and may be defined as a learning process. The paper investigates how mastery of the body is produced, perceived, defined and narrated by researchers engaged in laboratory practice. The paper shows how the scientist's corporeal learning is gradual, the fruit of daily disciplining, and it is only through a process of embodiment that the body develops sensitive ability and expert competency. The article includes three episodes of knowledge embodiment in the form of immersion in practice and ex-post reflection on the practice itself. Keywords: Body; Learning; Practice; Science; Sociomateriality; Knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:scaman:v:29:y:2013:i:4:p:367-376 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2013.09.002 Access Statistics for this article Scandinavian Journal of Management is currently edited by Janne Tienari More articles in Scandinavian Journal of Management from Elsevier |
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