Collaborative Embodied Performance
Ecologies of Skill
Published on 24. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-350-19775-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is about joint intelligence in action. It brings together scholarship in performance studies, cognitive science, sociology, literature, anthropology, psychology, architecture, philosophy and sport science to ask how tightly knit collaboration works. Contributors apply innovative methodologies to detailed case studies of martial arts, social interaction, freediving, site-specific artworks, Body Weather, human-AI music composition, Front-of-House at Shakespeare's Globe, acrobatics and failing at handstands. In each investigation, performance and theory are mutually revealing, informative and captivating.
Short chapters fall into thematic clusters exploring complex ecologies of skill, collaborative learning and the microstructure of embodied coordination, followed by commentaries from leading scholars in performance studies and cognitive science. Each contribution highlights unique features of the performance ecology, equipping performance makers, students and researchers with the theoretical, methodological and practical inspiration to delve deeper into their own embodied practices and critical thinking.
Short chapters fall into thematic clusters exploring complex ecologies of skill, collaborative learning and the microstructure of embodied coordination, followed by commentaries from leading scholars in performance studies and cognitive science. Each contribution highlights unique features of the performance ecology, equipping performance makers, students and researchers with the theoretical, methodological and practical inspiration to delve deeper into their own embodied practices and critical thinking.
Reviews / Votes
In dancing the tango, watching a live performance, or constructing a site-specific art installation, individuals synergistically and seamlessly engage in complex collaborative actions. How can mind, body and environment mesh to achieve shared goals? Bicknell and Sutton's superb anthology is essential reading for anyone interested in better understanding thought in action in group endeavours. * Barbara Montero, City University of New York, USA * By tracing how mindful expert performance can be shaped by ecological, social interpersonal, technological, and cultural factors, the essays collected in this book provide wonderfully in-depth accounts of skilled action in a diverse array of contexts and practices, from theatrical arts to martial arts. We find here important analyses of learning and skill acquisition, but also insights into live professional performance and training. * Shaun Gallagher, University of Memphis, USA * This book will work as a rich and jolly companion to anyone working in practical and embodied fields, particularly perhaps if operating as the sole representative of this subject space for example in schools, colleges, universities ... I highly recommend this book. * Drama Research: International Journal of Drama in Education * Explores multiple disciplinary approaches to collaboration, embodied skills, movement and performance, and so would be useful for scholars in humanities and sciences, particularly those engaging in interdisciplinary study. * Australasian Drama Studies *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
10 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
332 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-19775-6 (9781350197756)
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Persons
Kath Bicknell is a Research Fellow in the Discipline of Anthropology at Macquarie University, Australia.
John Sutton is Emeritus Professor in Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Macquarie University, Australia.
John Sutton is Emeritus Professor in Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Macquarie University, Australia.
Content
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Situated Intelligence of Collaborative Skills, John Sutton and Kath Bicknell (Macquarie University, Australia)
Part 1: Complex Ecologies of Embodied Collaboration
1. Dropping like Flies: Skilled Coordination and Front-of-House at Shakespeare's Globe, Evelyn B. Tribble (University of Connecticut, USA)
2. On the Edge of Undoing: Ecologies of Agency in Body Weather, Sarah Pini (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
3. A Conversation on Collaborative Embodied Engagement in Making Art and Architecture: Going Beyond the Divide Between 'Lower' and 'Higher' Cognition, Janno Martens (KU Leuven, Belgium), Ronald Rietveld (Rietveld Architecture-Art-Affordances, Netherlands) and Erik Rietveld (University of Twente and University of Amsterdam, Netherlands).
Commentary: Redirecting Our Telescope, Amy Cook (Stony Brook University, USA)
Part 2: Learning, Collaboration, and Socially Scaffolded Cognition
4. 'No Elephants Today!' Recurrent Experiences of Failure While Learning a Movement Practice, Kath Bicknell (Macquarie University, Australia) and Kristina Bruemmer (Oldenburg University, Germany)
5. Not Breathing Together: The Collaborative Development of Expert Apnea, Greg Downey (Macquarie University, Australia)
6. Cultivating One's Skills Through the Experienced Other in Aikido, Susanne Ravn (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
7. Musical Agency and Collaboration in the Digital Age, Tom Roberts (University of Exeter, UK) and Joel Krueger (University of Exeter, UK).
Commentary: Embodied Learning Within Embodied Communities, Emily S. Cross (Macquarie University, Australia and University of Glasgow, UK)
Part 3: Symmetry and Synergy in Embodied Coordination
8. Symmetries of Social Performance-Environment Systems, Rachel W. Kallen (Macquarie University, Australia), Margaret Catherine Macpherson (University of Western Australia), Lynden K. Miles (University of Western Australia) and Michael J. Richardson (Macquarie University, Australia)
9. Sing's Trap: Staging Low-Commitment Strategizing in Muay Thai, Sara Kim Hjortborg (Macquarie University, Australia)
10. Intercorporeal Synergy Practices - Perspectives from Expert Interaction, Michael Kimmel (University of Vienna, Austria) and Stefan Schneider (Osnabrueck University, Germany)
Commentary: Mixing Methods in the Study of Human Action, Anthony Chemero (University of Cincinnati, USA)
Afterwords
Commentary: Ecologies of Acting and Enacting, Catherine J. Stevens (Western Sydney University, Australia)
Commentary: Betwixt and Between, Ian Maxwell (The University of Sydney, Australia)
Index
List of Contributors
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Situated Intelligence of Collaborative Skills, John Sutton and Kath Bicknell (Macquarie University, Australia)
Part 1: Complex Ecologies of Embodied Collaboration
1. Dropping like Flies: Skilled Coordination and Front-of-House at Shakespeare's Globe, Evelyn B. Tribble (University of Connecticut, USA)
2. On the Edge of Undoing: Ecologies of Agency in Body Weather, Sarah Pini (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
3. A Conversation on Collaborative Embodied Engagement in Making Art and Architecture: Going Beyond the Divide Between 'Lower' and 'Higher' Cognition, Janno Martens (KU Leuven, Belgium), Ronald Rietveld (Rietveld Architecture-Art-Affordances, Netherlands) and Erik Rietveld (University of Twente and University of Amsterdam, Netherlands).
Commentary: Redirecting Our Telescope, Amy Cook (Stony Brook University, USA)
Part 2: Learning, Collaboration, and Socially Scaffolded Cognition
4. 'No Elephants Today!' Recurrent Experiences of Failure While Learning a Movement Practice, Kath Bicknell (Macquarie University, Australia) and Kristina Bruemmer (Oldenburg University, Germany)
5. Not Breathing Together: The Collaborative Development of Expert Apnea, Greg Downey (Macquarie University, Australia)
6. Cultivating One's Skills Through the Experienced Other in Aikido, Susanne Ravn (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
7. Musical Agency and Collaboration in the Digital Age, Tom Roberts (University of Exeter, UK) and Joel Krueger (University of Exeter, UK).
Commentary: Embodied Learning Within Embodied Communities, Emily S. Cross (Macquarie University, Australia and University of Glasgow, UK)
Part 3: Symmetry and Synergy in Embodied Coordination
8. Symmetries of Social Performance-Environment Systems, Rachel W. Kallen (Macquarie University, Australia), Margaret Catherine Macpherson (University of Western Australia), Lynden K. Miles (University of Western Australia) and Michael J. Richardson (Macquarie University, Australia)
9. Sing's Trap: Staging Low-Commitment Strategizing in Muay Thai, Sara Kim Hjortborg (Macquarie University, Australia)
10. Intercorporeal Synergy Practices - Perspectives from Expert Interaction, Michael Kimmel (University of Vienna, Austria) and Stefan Schneider (Osnabrueck University, Germany)
Commentary: Mixing Methods in the Study of Human Action, Anthony Chemero (University of Cincinnati, USA)
Afterwords
Commentary: Ecologies of Acting and Enacting, Catherine J. Stevens (Western Sydney University, Australia)
Commentary: Betwixt and Between, Ian Maxwell (The University of Sydney, Australia)
Index