perception of the environment : essays on livelihood, dwelling and skill
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In this work Tim Ingold offers a persuasive new approach to understanding how human beings perceive their surroundings. He argues that what we are used to calling cultural variation consists, in the first place, of variations in skill. Neither innate nor acquired, skills are grown, incorporated into the human organism through practice and training in an environment. They are thus as much biological as cultural. To account for the generation of skills we have therefore to understand the dynamics of development. And this in turn calls for an ecological approach that situates practitioners in the context of an active engagement with the constituents of their surroundings.
TitleThe perception of the environment : essays on livelihood, dwelling and skill
Author
Place of publicationAbingdon
PublisherRoutledge
Year of publication2022
Pagination602 p.
Illustrationsill.
Dimensions24 cm
Materialboek
ISBN978-1-032-05227-4
Subjectecology, skills, cultural identity
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| B-2023/312 | ,7.015.3,IN:G"2022 | Available |
| Copy number | B-2023/312 |
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| Loan status | Available |