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Abstract In response to commentaries by Esa Díaz León, Jennifer Saul, and Ra- chel Sterken, I develop more fully my views on the role of structure in social and metaphysical explanation. Although I believe that social agency, quite generally, occurs within practices and structures, the relevance of structure depends on the sort of questions we are asking and what interventions we are considering. The emphasis on questions is also relevant in considering metaphysical and meta-metaphysical is- sues about realism with respect to gender and race. I aim to demon- strate that tools we develop in the context of critical social theory can change the questions we ask, what forms of explanation are called for, and how we do philosophy.

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Becoming Gypsy: Tell Me What the Body Knows in Flamenco Dance

Nordic Journal of Dance ◽

10.2478/njd-2015-0003 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 22-35

Author(s):

Diane Oatley

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

The Body ◽

Physical Interaction ◽

Embodied Knowledge ◽

Physical Processes ◽

The Unconscious ◽

The World ◽

Language And Cognition ◽

Experiences Of Women

Abstract In The Meaning of the Body, philosopher Mark Johnson makes a case for the significance of movement in terms of the body processes he holds as essential to the generation of meaning and knowledge acquisition in physical interaction with the world–equally essential as language and cognition. The article employs this theory in interpreting the experiences of women learning flamenco dance in Spain. The investigation of the perceptions of women studying flamenco dance, a dance tradition often defined as “gypsy,” indicates that exposure to flamenco dance and culture leads to revision of stereotypes regarding embodiment and difference, but respondents did not relate this revision to bodily engagement, or physical processes particular to dancing flamenco. Although Johnson’s failure to properly account for the role of the unconscious proved to be a serious shortcoming in the theory, and one which had implications for the findings, application of the theory disclosed the parameters of a discourse on the body in flamenco. The theory thus represents a radical gesture in redefining embodiment in its own right in a manner that precludes dualism with the consequent opening of a range of alternative perspectives on the articulation of embodied knowledge.

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Stretching Situated Knowledge

International Relations in a Relational Universe ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198850885.003.0005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 87-105

Author(s):

Milja Kurki

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Social Theory ◽

Knowledge Production ◽

Critical Social Theory ◽

Situated Knowledge ◽

Ir Theory ◽

The Social ◽

Standpoint Epistemology ◽

Critical Social

This chapter, first of three to develop relational cosmology in conversation with critical social theory and IR theory, argues that at the heart of relational cosmology lies a commitment to situated knowledge. This perspective on knowledge production is similar in some regards to standpoint epistemology but also diverges from it in key respects. The chapter argues that IR scholarship can benefit from close engagement with relational cosmology suggestions as to how our knowledge is limited and how we might need to ‘deal with it’, especially in the social sciences, where there is a tendency to glorify the role of the human in knowing the human.

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Infrastructural Fractals: Revisiting the Micro—Macro Distinction in Social Theory

Environment and Planning D Society and Space ◽

10.1068/d420t ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 25 (5) ◽

pp. 832-850 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Casper B Jensen

Keyword(s):

Social Theory ◽

Critical Social Theory ◽

The Political ◽

Electronic Patient Records ◽

Fractal Approach ◽

Social Theorist ◽

Danish Health ◽

The Social ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between the supposedly small—the micro—and the supposedly large—the macro—has been a long-standing concern in social theory. However, although many attempts have been made to link these two seemingly disjoint dimensions, in the present paper I argue against such an endeavour. Instead, I outline a fractal approach to the study of space, society, and infrastructure. A fractal orientation requires a number of related conceptual reorientations. It has implications for thinking about scale and perspective, and (sociotechnical) relations, and for considering the role of the social theorist in analyzing such relations. I find empirical illustration in the case of the development of electronic patient records in Danish health care. The role of the social theorist is explored through a comparison of the political and normative stance enabled, respectively, by a critical social theory and a fractal social theory.

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