Knowledge in Motion: Constellations of Learning Across Time and Place

Book Overview

Spirit mediums of East Africa. Healers and fishermen of the Amazon River Basin. Potters of the American Southwest. People contending with climate change long ago. All share "knowledge in motion," a process of drawing on experiences past and present while engaging in daily practice in relation to contexts of time, place, and power.

In the last twenty-five years, scholars from a number of disciplines have explored "situated learning," specifically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816532605
• ISBN13: 9780816532605
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"