Skilled Visions : Between Apprenticeship and Standards.

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Most arguments for a rediscovery of the body and the senses hinge on a critique of "visualism" in our globalized, technified society. This approach has led to a lack of actual research on the processes of visual "enskillment." Providing a comprehensive spectrum of case studies in...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grasseni, Cristina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2007.
Series:EASA series.
Subjects:
Vision.
Visual anthropology.
Senses and sensation.
Visual perception.
Anthropologie visuelle.
Sens et sensations.
Perception visuelle.
sight (sense)
sensation.
senses.
visual perception.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Senses and sensation
Vision
Visual anthropology
Visual perception
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Summary:Most arguments for a rediscovery of the body and the senses hinge on a critique of "visualism" in our globalized, technified society. This approach has led to a lack of actual research on the processes of visual "enskillment." Providing a comprehensive spectrum of case studies in relevant contexts, this volume raises the issue of the rehabilitation of vision and contextualizes vision in the contemporary debate on the construction of local knowledge vs. the hegemony of the socio-technical network. By maintaining an ethnographic approach, the book provides practical examples that are both acc
Physical Description:1 online resource (234 pages)
ISBN:9780857455666
0857455664

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