In?What a Body Can Do; Ben Spatz develops; for the first time; a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge. He argues that viewing technique as both?training and research has much to offer current debates over the role of practice in the?university; including the debates around "practice as research."?Drawing on critical perspectives from the sociology of knowledge;?phenomenology; dance studies; enactive cognition; and other areas; Spatz argues that technique is a major area of historical and ongoing research in physical culture; performing arts; and everyday life.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Best nonfiction writer working todayBy Robert AgeeI like reading about the art world and creativity and even if I didnt I would like to read what Janet Malcolm Writes about it. It was a nice surprise to find that one of the players in her art world drama had gone to my high school in Cincinnati and I always wondered what happened to him. The role of esoteric art critic in New York City seems to be a natural extension of who he was as an outspoken; rebellious student in an elite; college preparatory high school in the Midwest. I also find it interesting when anybody can make some sense out of the mishmash of what I view as the New York City art world. I believe Tom Wolfe is correct when he said that the word makes the message in the art world. It is not what you see is what you get it is what you see is formed by the art critic you are listening to about that piece of artwork.14 of 17 people found the following review helpful. More of a deaf ear than I remember from the NYRBBy Kylo GinsbergI mostly know Janet Malcolm from reading (some of) her essays in the New York Review of Books and the New Yorker. And truth be told; the only one I remembered was the essay that became the book Iphigenia in Forest Hills. In short; I frankly bought this on pedigree and vague memories of good writing; a bad premise.So I put this book down after the first 5 essays; 2 on artists; 3 on writers. The first one; which gives the book its title; was entertaining; but she clearly got carried away with the *notion* of her essay (the 41 false starts reflecting on and relating to Salles work); to the ultimate expense of her actual subject. The second; on Struth; gave me some hope as it was actually pretty good; albeit on an artist I know nothing about.Her writing on writers was all strikeouts for me: she doesnt get Wharton at all; her Woolf/Bloomsbury piece wasnt much more than an abbreviated biography; and her Salinger piece was momentously uninsightful.So I had to put this down. If theres a theme here; its that Malcolm gets entranced with some idea or notion and; with that idea in hand; is as likely as not to misread her subject; or to forget them; or occasionally to notice something about them. Unfortunately; that last option just wasnt happening often enough.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Cornelia VeenendaalEssays as fine as the collage on the cover; also by the writer.
