{"product_id":"collaborative-embodied-performance-9781350197756","title":"Collaborative Embodied Performance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about joint intelligence in action. It brings together scholarship in performance studies, cognitive science, sociology, literature, anthropology, psychology, architecture, philosophy and sport science to ask how tightly knit collaboration works. Contributors apply innovative methodologies to detailed case studies of martial arts, social interaction, freediving, site-specific artworks, Body Weather, human-AI music composition, Front-of-House at Shakespeare's Globe, acrobatics and failing at handstands. In each investigation, performance and theory are mutually revealing, informative and captivating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Short chapters fall into thematic clusters exploring complex ecologies of skill, collaborative learning and the microstructure of embodied coordination, followed by commentaries from leading scholars in performance studies and cognitive science. Each contribution highlights unique features of the performance ecology, equipping performance makers, students and researc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn dancing the tango, watching a live performance, or constructing a site-specific art installation, individuals synergistically and seamlessly engage in complex collaborative actions. How can mind, body and environment mesh to achieve shared goals? Bicknell and Sutton’s superb anthology is essential reading for anyone interested in better understanding thought in action in group endeavours. * Barbara Montero, City University of New York, USA *\u003cbr\u003eBy tracing how mindful expert performance can be shaped by ecological, social interpersonal, technological, and cultural factors, the essays collected in this book provide wonderfully in-depth accounts of skilled action in a diverse array of contexts and practices, from theatrical arts to martial arts. We find here important analyses of learning and skill acquisition, but also insights into live professional performance and training. * Shaun Gallagher, University of Memphis, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures  List of Contributors  Preface and Acknowledgements    Introduction: The Situated Intelligence of Collaborative Skills, \u003ci\u003eJohn Sutton and Kath Bicknell (Macquarie University, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003cb\u003ePart 1: Complex Ecologies of Embodied Collaboration\u003c\/b\u003e  1. Dropping like Flies: Skilled Coordination and Front-of-House at Shakespeare's Globe, \u003ci\u003eEvelyn B. Tribble (University of Connecticut, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e   2. On the Edge of Undoing: Ecologies of Agency in Body Weather, \u003ci\u003eSarah Pini (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)\u003c\/i\u003e  3. A Conversation on Collaborative Embodied Engagement in Making Art and Architecture: Going Beyond the Divide Between 'Lower' and 'Higher' Cognition, \u003ci\u003eJanno Martens (KU Leuven, Belgium), Ronald Rietveld (Rietveld Architecture-Art-Affordances, Netherlands) and Erik Rietveld\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(University of Twente and University of Amsterdam, Netherlands).\u003c\/i\u003e    Commentary: Redirecting Our Telescope, \u003ci\u003eAmy Cook (Stony Brook University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Learning, Collaboration, and Socially Scaffolded Cognition\u003c\/b\u003e  4. 'No Elephants Today!' Recurrent Experiences of Failure While Learning a Movement Practice, \u003ci\u003eKath Bicknell (Macquarie University, Australia) and Kristina Brümmer (Oldenburg University, Germany)\u003c\/i\u003e  5. Not Breathing Together: The Collaborative Development of Expert Apnea, \u003ci\u003eGreg Downey (Macquarie University, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e  6. Cultivating One's Skills Through the Experienced Other in Aikido, \u003ci\u003eSusanne Ravn (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)\u003c\/i\u003e  7. Musical Agency and Collaboration in the Digital Age, \u003ci\u003eTom Roberts (University of Exeter, UK) and Joel Krueger (University of Exeter, UK).\u003c\/i\u003e    Commentary: Embodied Learning Within Embodied Communities, \u003ci\u003eEmily S. Cross (Macquarie University, Australia and University of Glasgow, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003cb\u003ePart 3: Symmetry and Synergy in Embodied Coordination\u003c\/b\u003e  8. Symmetries of Social Performance-Environment Systems, \u003ci\u003eRachel W. Kallen\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMacquarie University, Australia\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e, Margaret Catherine Macpherson\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Western Australia\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e, Lynden K. Miles \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Western Australia\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e and Michael J. Richardson\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMacquarie University, Australia\u003c\/i\u003e)  9. Sing's Trap: Staging Low-Commitment Strategizing in Muay Thai, \u003ci\u003eSara Kim Hjortborg (Macquarie University, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e  10. Intercorporeal Synergy Practices - Perspectives from Expert Interaction, \u003ci\u003eMichael Kimmel (University of Vienna, Austria) and Stefan Schneider (Osnabrück University, Germany)\u003c\/i\u003e    Commentary: Mixing Methods in the Study of Human Action, \u003ci\u003eAnthony Chemero (University of Cincinnati, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003cb\u003eAfterwords\u003c\/b\u003e  Commentary: Ecologies of Acting and Enacting, \u003ci\u003eCatherine J. Stevens (Western Sydney University, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e  Commentary: Betwixt and Between, \u003ci\u003eIan Maxwell (The University of Sydney, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e    Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187288072535,"sku":"9781350197756","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/collaborative-embodied-performance-9781350197756","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}