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Book SynopsisThe book addresses the principal features of practice-based theorizing and its key concepts, then concludes with methodological reflections on the practice-based approach.
Trade Review'A superb body of seminal scholarship. . . Informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking, Learning and Knowing in Practice-Based Studies
is a highly recommended addition to academic library reference collections and practice-based studies supplemental reading lists.' --
The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Silvia Gherardi and Antonio Strati PART I PRACTICE-BASED THEORIZING 1. Silvia Gherardi (2000), ‘Practice-Based Theorizing on Learning and Knowing in Organizations’ 2. Antonio Strati (2003) ‘Knowing in Practice: Aesthetic Understanding and Tacit Knowledge’ 3. Silvia Gherardi (2003), ‘Knowing as Desiring. Mythic Knowledge and the Knowledge Journey in Communities of Practitioners’ 4. Silvia Gherardi (2008), ‘Situated Knowledge and Situated Action: What do Practice-Based Studies Promise?’ 5. Gessica Corradi, Silvia Gherardi and Luca Verzelloni (2010), ‘Through the Practice Lens: Where is the Bandwagon of Practice-Based Studies Heading?’ PART II KEY CONCEPTS 6. Antonio Strati (2007), ‘Sensible Knowledge and Practice-Based Learning’ 7. Attila Bruni, Silvia Gherardi and Laura Lucia Parolin (2007), ‘Knowing in a System of Fragmented Knowledge’ 8. Silvia Gherardi and Davide Nicolini (2002) ‘Learning in a Constellation of Interconnected Practices: Canon or Dissonance?’ 9. Antonio Strati (2008), ‘Aesthetics in the Study of Organizational Life’ 10. Silvia Gherardi, Davide Nicolini and Antonio Strati (2007), ‘The Passion for Knowing’ 11. Silvia Gherardi (2009), ‘Practice? It’s a Matter of Taste!’ PART III METHODOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FOR A PRACTICE-BASED APPROACH 12. Silvia Gherardi (1995) ‘When Will He Say: “Today the Plates are Soft”? The Management of Ambiguity and Situated Decision-Making’ 13. Antonio Strati (2009), ‘“Do You Do Beautiful Things?”: Aesthetics and Art in Qualitative Methods of Organization Studies’ 14. Antonio Strati (2005), ‘Organizational Artifacts and the Aesthetic Approach’ 15. Silvia Gherardi (2009), ‘Introduction: The Critical Power of the “Practice Lens”’
