Reprising Craftsmanship: An Expressive Approach to Skill

ISBN-13: 9783030801311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 112 str.

Pablo Rojas

Spis treści

1 The vitality of skill

1.1 Skill as sprezzatura

1.2 When did skilfull action lose its way in psychology?

1.3 Skill and expressivity

1.4 A note on the developmental character of skill

1.5 The path to follow

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2 Physiognomy in motion

2.1 Form, repetition and variation

2.2 Motifs as promoters of cohesion in variation

2.3 The physiognomic character of perception

2.4 The intermodal organization of perception

2.5 The chiasma between affect and form-giving

2.6 From kinetics to kineasthetics

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3 Expressivity and skill motifs

3.1 Expressivity

3.2 Stylistics

3.3 Reprises in skill

3.4 Apprenticeship motifs

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4 Technical rhythms and harmonies

4.1 Eurhythmy in technique

4.2 Reprises in the study of techniques

4.3 The expressivity of musical instruments and luthiery

4.4 Eurythmic reticulates

4.5 The limits of expressivity and the lifecycle of techniques

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5 Sprezzatura. Craftsmanship at work

5.1 Sprezzatura

5.2 Mistakes, play and leisure

5.3 The craftsperson and the community

5.4 Workmanship in light of craftmanship

5.5 Back to psychological issues

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O autorze

Pablo Rojas obtained his PhD in Social Sciences at l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. He has studied the personal and intergenerational development of skill through the lens of aesthetics, anthropology, musicology, philosophy, and psychology. His work features an in-depth look into craftsmanship that relies on the cross-pollination of techniques. This pursuit has led him to work alongside commercial aircraft pilots, educators, psychotherapists, music performers, luthiers, writers, and woodworkers. His research interests include the development of technical activity, work-leisure relations, expression and value, tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and the presence of myth in everyday life. He is also a musician and an apprentice luthier.