Search results for "Praxi"
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L'inquietudine dell'uomo fra prassi e tecnica
2017
The essay questions the relationship between prassi and techne in today's fully-tech society. The analysis moves from the aristotelian distinction between the various epistemai and continues through the comparison with the heideggerian idea of the root of knowing in the effectivity of existence, and with the gadameric perspective that highlights the similarities and differences between techne and praxis by bringing out at the same time the peculiarities of an irreducible knowledge of the technique.
Rencontre autour du cadavre
2012
Le cadavre est «outre-signifiant, écrivait Louis-Vincent Thomas. Objet ou sujet, il a toujours suscité dans l’esprit des hommes à la fois fascination et répulsion. Pour apprivoiser la mort et se soustraire aux désordres de la putréfaction, rituels et techniques thanatologiques ont été élaborés.Construire une anthropologie du cadavre implique une connaissance des comportements sur une longue histoire et une approche pluridisciplinaire. C’est aussi aborder la mort en dissolvant le sujet dans un objet répondant à des lois bio-physico-chimiques dont il faut s’accommoder lors des rituels.C’est enfin remettre le sujet ─le défunt ─ au centre du fait social. Pour aborder ces questions, la Rencontre…
Negotiating female judoka identities in Greece : A Foucauldian discourse analysis
2015
Abstract Objectives The objectives of this paper are to trace the discourses through which female Greek judokas articulate their sporting experiences and to explore how they construct their identities through the negotiation of sociocultural beliefs and gender stereotypes. Design This article is based on interview data from a larger ethnographic research with women judo athletes, grounded in a cultural praxis framework. Method Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted during fieldwork in Greece. Interview data were analyzed drawing on a Foucauldian approach to discourse analysis. Results We identified four concepts—biology, gender, femininity, and judo/sport—that were central to unearth…
The contribution of action research to policy learning: The case of Gipuzkoa Sarean
2014
Published version of an article in the journal: International Journal of Action Research. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1688/IJAR-2014-02-Karlsen This article is about a six year policy learning process named Gipuzkoa Sarean in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa. In the article we reflect on how action research contributed to policy learning. The process consists of three stages: 2009-2011: Initiation of the project and development of a work method; 2011-2013: Government learning and organisational change; 2013-2014: Social learning and the shift to a new approach to territorial development. For each stage we describe the background and main goal of the research pr…