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The Woman in the Surgeon's Body: Understanding Difference
Author(s) -
Cassell Joan
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1996.98.1.02a00050
Subject(s) - praxis , embodied cognition , sight , gesture , rote learning , psychology , aesthetics , body of knowledge , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , pedagogy , teaching method , physics , astronomy , cooperative learning
Praxis is not simply about learning cultural rules by rote, it is about coming to an understanding of social distinctions through your body. Much of clinical and practical knowledge [in medicine] is embodied knowledge‐knowledge sensed through and with the body. This includes senses of sight, sound, touch, smell.