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Externalizing Representations and Embodied Cognition: Lessons from Choreography| old_uid | 10873 |
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| title | Externalizing Representations and Embodied Cognition: Lessons from Choreography |
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| start_date | 2012/02/14 |
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| schedule | 15h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | In dance and choreography the body is used for more than performance. It is an instrument of cognition. Dancers use their bodies to model movements - not the final movements of performance, but small scale or aspectival movements. They learn, they practice, and they probe movement ideas using distorted movements. The goal of this sort of activity is similar to the goal of sketching or making a caricature - to explore aspects of a subject that may be clearer in exaggeration than in reality. They use their body to represent ideas and images. Choreographers also explore movement ideas, first generated by their dancers, by running movements through their own body. This process of externalizing an idea by using one's body has special consequences for a theory of non-propositional thinking. As data I will present video of an accomplished dance company and their distinguished choreographer as they practice, invent movements, and explore possibilities. The goal is to understand how cognition plays out in different sensory modalities; how the body itself can be used as a thing to think with. |
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| responsibles | Decortis |
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