About this episode

Rob Gray interviews Carl Woods about enskilled knowledge and the education of attention through various examples.

Carl Woods from the University of Queensland and I discuss the concept of "enskilled knowledge" and the critical difference between educating attention (showing someone where to look) and the knowledge that comes from doing a thing in a place. Carl gives a ton of wonderful examples from wine tasting and surfing to handing down family recipes and navigating boats across an open ocean! Links: https://hmns.uq.edu.au/profile/9322/carl-woods http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Anroid/Google Support the podcast and receive bonus content Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

People in this episode

Host: Rob Gray

Guest: Carl Woods

Topics covered

• enskilled knowledge
• education of attention
• wine tasting
• surfing
• family recipes
• navigation

Keywords

• enskilled knowledge
• education of attention
• wine tasting
• surfing
• navigation
• family recipes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Queensland

Books & works: Shake Some Action, Saint Louis Elegy

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