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Zusatztext 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. Informationen zum Autor Kath Bicknell is a Research Fellow in the Discipline of Anthropology at Macquarie University, Australia. She has taught in performance studies at the University of Sydney and performance practices at Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and is internationally recognised for her sports journalism. Her research draws on case studies from cycling and circus to investigate and describe relations between thinking and doing in live performance. John Sutton is Emeritus Professor in Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Macquarie University, Australia. John's research addresses memory and skill, across the cognitive sciences and the humanities. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, and past President of the Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology. Klappentext 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. Vorwort This book investigates skilled performance as collaborative and embodied, shaping and responding to unique environments, bodies and histories, featuring a wide range of case studies drawn from music, dance, sport, theatre and cultural practices. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Contributors Preface and Acknowledgements ...
