Theory Of Tacit Knowledge Research Articles

Construction of a Modern Apprenticeship Talent Training Model for Textile and Garment Majors

The textile and apparel industry has a long history of apprenticeship tradition, and the modern apprenticeship training in textile and apparel specialties with distinct professional characteristics urgently needs a scientific and reasonable training model to solve the problem of industry-academia mismatch. Currently, there is a disconnect between what is taught in vocational education and the practical needs of the industry. To address this, a new approach is proposed that integrates government, schools, enterprises, and apprentices, based on theories such as the “three spiral theory” and “tacit knowledge theory.” This approach aims to better align education with the needs of the industry by considering the perspectives of all stakeholders involved.

Research on Curriculum Ideological and Political Construction from the Perspective of Tacit Knowledge

This paper studies the ideological and political elements in the second foreign language course from the perspective of tacit knowledge and summarizes the implicit ideological and political elements in foreign language teaching with the theory of tacit knowledge. In addition, it puts forward the way to implement ideological and political tacit knowledge education in second foreign language courses, which lays a foundation for building a relatively complete ideological and political tacit knowledge education system in second foreign language teaching, and explores a new way of teaching reform. Meanwhile, relevant researches are fed back to the front end of teachers’ability and quality training, which is helpful for second foreign language teachers to further improve their quality and moral sentiment from the perspective of tacit knowledge.

Quantum Computing and the Analog/Digital Distinction

February 23 2022 Quantum Computing and the Analog/Digital Distinction Jens Schröter, Jens Schröter Jens Schröter is Chair for Media Studies in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Bonn. His research interests include history and theory of digital media; three-dimensional imaging; media and imagination; and future media and future studies. Most recently, he is author, with Christoph Ernst, of Media Futures: Theory and Aesthetics (Palgrave, 2021). Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Christoph Ernst, Christoph Ernst Christoph Ernst is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Bonn. His research interests include diagrammatic reasoning and media aesthetics of information visualization; theory of tacit knowledge and interface theory; and media and imagination. His most recent book is Diagramme zwischen Metapher und Explikation: Studien zur Medien- und Filmästhetik der Diagrammatik (transcript, 2021). Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Martin Warnke Martin Warnke Martin Warnke studied mathematics and physics in Berlin and Hamburg and received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics in Hamburg. He chaired the computing center, became Professor for Digital Media, cofounded the Institute for Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media, and is Director of the Institute for Advanced Study on the Media Cultures of Computer Simulation at Leuphana University Lüneburg. His books include Theorien des Internet zur Einführung (Junius, 2011). Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Jens Schröter Jens Schröter is Chair for Media Studies in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Bonn. His research interests include history and theory of digital media; three-dimensional imaging; media and imagination; and future media and future studies. Most recently, he is author, with Christoph Ernst, of Media Futures: Theory and Aesthetics (Palgrave, 2021). Christoph Ernst Christoph Ernst is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Bonn. His research interests include diagrammatic reasoning and media aesthetics of information visualization; theory of tacit knowledge and interface theory; and media and imagination. His most recent book is Diagramme zwischen Metapher und Explikation: Studien zur Medien- und Filmästhetik der Diagrammatik (transcript, 2021). Martin Warnke Martin Warnke studied mathematics and physics in Berlin and Hamburg and received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics in Hamburg. He chaired the computing center, became Professor for Digital Media, cofounded the Institute for Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media, and is Director of the Institute for Advanced Study on the Media Cultures of Computer Simulation at Leuphana University Lüneburg. His books include Theorien des Internet zur Einführung (Junius, 2011). Online Issn: 1536-0105 Print Issn: 1526-3819 © 2022 by Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2022Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Grey Room (2022) (86): 28–49. https://doi.org/10.1162/grey_a_00339 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Jens Schröter, Christoph Ernst, Martin Warnke; Quantum Computing and the Analog/Digital Distinction. Grey Room 2022; (86): 28–49. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/grey_a_00339 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsGrey Room Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2022 by Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2022Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Tacit Knowledge in Painting: From Studio to Classroom

AbstractThis article discusses research that employed practice‐led and action research methods to study the tacit knowledge of painting practice and its application to teaching. Polanyi’s theory of tacit knowledge is used to analyse the non‐verbal, experience‐based knowledge of painting to construct a discursive relationship between the dual practices of painting and teaching. The research was undertaken in the context of a twelve‐week class in landscape painting for adults in a non‐profit art school. Within the context of the class, a series of paintings was created and documented. By analysing the focal and subsidiary knowledge of the painting processes, several distinct patterns of action and thinking emerged. These patterns were synthesised into three modes of thinking that integrate the mind, body and materials. The outcome of the study is a preliminary model that describes painting as a dynamic multi‐modal thinking process, integrating visual perception, material actions and expressive ways of thinking. The discussion includes a detailed description of the research methods, the data analysis, the application in teaching, and the embodied nature of cognition in the painting process.

What Documents Cannot Do: Revisiting Michael Polanyi and the Tacit Knowledge Dilemma

Our culture is dominated by digital documents in ways that are easy to overlook. These documents have changed our worldviews about science and have raised our expectations of them as tools for knowledge justification. This article explores the complexities surrounding the digital document by revisiting Michael Polanyi’s theory of tacit knowledge—the idea that “we can know more than we can tell.” The theory presents to us a dilemma: if we can know more than we can tell, then this means that the communication of science via the document as a primary form of telling will always be incomplete. This dilemma presents significant challenges to the open science movement.

What Happens with the New Guy? Tackling the Problem of Tacit Knowledge through Social Networks

Tacit knowledge is the key to business continuity and retaining core knowledge during organizational change. Corporations have recognized its importance and implemented knowledge management strategies to ensure valuable knowledge is preserved. While much of the academic research has looked into the nature of tacit knowledge, the role of social networks in maintaining tacit knowledge has been largely unexplored. The following paper seeks to link existing tacit knowledge theory with social network theory through theoretical analysis and literature review. First, social networks are more important when tacit knowledge cannot be codified and when the nature of that knowledge is process-based. Second, while the strength of relationships tends to increase the effectiveness of tacit knowledge transfer, weaker relationships tend to dominate the actual transfer of knowledge. Third, asymmetry in relationships tends to decrease effectiveness of tacit knowledge transfer. The purpose of the paper is to explore when social networks matter more for tacit knowledge communications and what types of social networks are most effective at transmitting tacit knowledge.

Calligraphic Practice by Tacit Knowledge between Imagination and Realization in Garment-Making

Making is a realization of the maker’s imagination. From imagination to realization there can be gaps in thought and the reality. Knowledge, both explicit and tacit, is necessary for carrying out the making. This article originated from autoethnographic writing about my failed calligraphic practice carried out on a garment by imitating a calligrapher’s movement. Failure resulted from misjudging my skill, i.e., from unawareness of my lack of tacit knowledge. Because tacit knowledge can be involved at the imagination stage of the garment-making process, a maker has no precise notion of how much he or she knows before performing the required actions. This article attempts to explain a maker’s personal journey of producing a garment, and to find the characteristics of tacit knowledge as imagination for garment-making. Research methods include autoethnography, filming, and the theory of tacit knowledge.

Media(,) Technologies & the body

Abstract The article at hand discusses the connections between media practices, implicit knowledge and the concept of agency as an activity and asks for their synergistic relation to the field of digital games techniques and its potential for gaining knowledge. First, the theory of tacit knowledge is outlined in the context of a praxeology as methodological and theoretical approach of interobjective practices. This cultural science orientation of media research also shows the relevance for education, formation and socialization processes.

Touching tacit knowledge: handwork as ethnographic method in a glassblowing studio

This article draws from an enacted ethnography conducted over four years in a glassblowing studio, where I immersed myself in the learning process to become a glassblower. Specifically, it uses the visceral ethnographic experience of handwork in glassblowing to unpack the micro-meanings of hand coordination and examine Michael Polanyi’s theory of tacit knowledge ‘from the body’ (Ingold, 2000; Pink, 2009; Wacquant, 2015: 5). Methodologically, handwork is the ‘point of production’ by which to reflect upon Polanyi’s analytical concepts (Wacquant, 2015: 5). Broadly engaging anthropology’s study of the relation of gesture and form both within and outside of glassblowing studios and the sociology of skill, this analysis brings the body’s embedded experience and constitutive power to bear on analyses of tacit knowledge to reveal how handwork is itself constitutive of form and meaning (Atkinson, 2013b; Harper, 1987; Keller and Keller, 1996; Malafourius, 2008; Marchand, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2001; Sudnow, 1978). It also grounds a reinterpretation of the proximal term in Polanyi’s theory of tacit knowledge.

Effectuation: Exploring a Third Dimension to Tacit Knowledge

Although much research in knowledge management has linked tacit knowledge with its two dimensions, the cognitive and technical, with innovation performance in firms, but exploring a new dimension for tacit knowledge is still a core tenet. In this study, we propose effectuation as a new dimension of tacit knowledge and empirically test a quantifiable model with 331 respondents in the service industry in Lebanon. So our objective is to discover whether this new dimension can enhance the potential of tacit knowledge in affecting innovation performance and thus can very likely be considered a development to the theory of tacit knowledge. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The explicit dimension: what we could not learn from Polanyi

Purpose– This paper aims to clarify that the link between Michael Polanyi’s tacit knowledge theory and the field of knowledge management research does not withstand in-depth analysis. Second, the paper suggests a way to emerge from the ambiguity that unavoidably results from using the tacit knowledge concept in knowledge management studies.Design/methodology/approach– The paper begins with an analysis of the tacit knowledge theories developed by Polanyi, by cognitive psychologists and by knowledge management scholars. It goes on to formulate a new conceptual framework of tacit knowledge.Findings– This proposal consists in assuming that the terms “unconscious” and “tacit” are not interchangeable and, consequently, redefining the epistemological profile of knowledge management theory so as to acknowledge the existence of two planes of analysis. One is occupied by the process through which individuals gain knowledge, or the knowing process, which may be unconscious or conscious. The other contains the dichotomy between tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge, where the two terms indicate two alternative states that only consciously developed knowledge can adopt.Research limitations/implications– The paper provides support for the two-planes idea by referring to contributions from various disciplines, and particularly from cognitive psychology studies concerned with unconscious knowledge; a more thorough and extensive review would be needed, however, to fully demonstrate the proposal.Originality/value– Distinguishing between two planes of analysis makes it possible to unveil the mystery of tacit knowledge.

Embodiment, Interaction and Experience: Aesthetic Trends in Interactive Media Arts

The relationship between technology and art has always been an important issue in the field of art. With the application of information technology in interactive media arts, the traditional aesthetic theories can no longer fully interpret an emerging morphology of artistic styles. The unification of interaction, experience and aesthetics based on the “indwelling” idea of tacit knowledge theory and embodiment theory of phenomenology may be seen as a total framework for analyzing interaction aesthetics from three dimensions: information, space and time, which embodies three important features: full sensory experience, dynamics and psychosomatic oneness.

Tacit Knowledge Based on the Cultivation of Innovative Ability for Graduate Students

Poland's tacit knowledge theory believes that tacit knowledge exists of coding, individuality and practicality, as well as the relative priority of explicit knowledge in theory. Study on the tacit knowledge theory to improve the level of postgraduate education, optimize the structure of smart graduate students, raising graduate students' innovative ability is of important guiding significance. Including postgraduates' innovative ability of the tacit knowledge based on the reasonable knowledge structure, creativity, creative thinking, creative skills, and so on. This perspective development of postgraduates’ innovative ability through interdisciplinary integration, build up the academic atmosphere, enhance good research practice, build harmonious relationship between teachers and students to be achieved.

The Four Marks of Holistic Kinesiology

What, to borrow a theological phrase, are the marks of a truly holistic kinesiology department? In Kinesis and the Nature of the Human Person (2010), I examined the theoretical impact of Aristotle's definition of kinesis and Polanyi's theory of tacit knowledge on kinesiology. The intention here, however, is practical rather than theoretical. How would a holistic philosophy impact the day-to-day activities within the discipline of kinesiology? What tenets would a holistic department of kinesiology hold? What direction and aims would such a department have? Four areas of impact and reform are offered. First, kinesiologists should engage the humanities. A vibrant humanistic presence in the field will not only make kinesiology more holistic; it will give kinesiologists the tools to articulate a holistic understanding of the nature of the human person. Second, kinesiologists should recognize the importance of experience, practice, and apprenticeship within the field. Third, departments should embrace rather than shun specificity. Finally, kinesiologists are encouraged to acknowledge that a field dedicated to “physical activity” must require, engage in, and passionately profess the actual practice of “moving well.”

Perception, knowledge and freedom in the age of extremes: on the historical epistemology of Ludwik Fleck and Michael Polanyi

This paper deals with Ludwik Fleck’s theory of thought styles and Michael Polanyi’s theory of tacit knowledge. Though both concepts have been very influential for science studies in general, and both have been subject to numerous interpretations, their accounts have, somewhat surprisingly, hardly been comparatively analyzed. Both Fleck and Polanyi relied on the physiology and psychology of the senses in order to show that scientific knowledge follows less the path of logical principles than the path of accepting or rejecting specific conventions, where these may be psychologically or sociologically grounded. It is my aim to show that similarities and differences between Fleck and Polanyi are to be seen in the specific historical and political context in which they worked. Both authors, I shall argue, emphasized the relevance of perception in close connection to their respective understanding of science, freedom, and democracy.

Tacit Extraction for Keyword in Chinese

The present Extraction for Keyword in Chinese (EKC for short) is merely directed against explicit keywords or prototype keywords, and has not take into account those tacit keywords distorted by network hackers with the method of active jamming in Chinese. For this purpose, with the help of M. Polanyi’s theory of tacit knowledge, this paper presents a new approach for the tacit EKC (TEKC for short), which can improve the ratio of precision and recall for information filtering. Based on the TEKC, the paper presents a set of classifications of how to distort the explicit keywords and the solutions to calculate the tacit distortion of those tacit keywords. Furthermore, 4 algorithms were designed, including in picture tacit, textspeak tacit, fake paleography tacit and character tacit, which can extract the tacit keywords in text but traditional EKC could not. Owing to the increased number of extracted keywords, the recall of keywords raised and the precision of information filtering improved. Experiments show that the classification of tacit keywords in Chinese, the calculation of tacit distortion and the algorithms to tacit extract the keywords in Chinese, etc can effectively improve the performance of EKC and raise the recall of web filtering algorithms based on TEKC.

Aspects of a cybernetic theory of tacit knowledge and innovation

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to facilitate understanding of the interaction between tacit knowledge and innovation.Design/methodology/approachThe paper addresses the puzzle related to the impact tacit knowledge has on innovation. It appears that tacit knowledge has both negative and positive effects on innovation. The authors argue that solving this puzzle might find its solution in moving away from a one‐dimensional view of both tacit knowledge and innovation. Hence, they develop a typology of tacit knowledge to facilitate our understanding of the interaction between different types of tacit knowledge and different types of innovation. In conducting an aspect of a cybernetic theory of tacit knowledge and innovation, the authors develop a number of propositions for the influence different types of tacit knowledge have on different types of innovation.FindingsThe authors' argument is that different types of tacit knowledge hold different potential abilities for different types of innovation. The negative effect (a decrease in number of innovations) found in the tacit knowledge's conservative element might be explained in that the lower level of experience are more tied up in rule, procedures and analysis, than is the case for higher levels of experience.Originality/valueIn developing a typology of tacit knowledge and relating it to different types of innovation, the paper contributes to a new understanding of the complexity between tacit knowledge and innovation.

Michael Polanyi's Republic of Science: The Tacit Dimension

Michael Polanyi spent his long career thinking and writing about the workings of science and the scientific community. Moreover, he saw in the workings of that community the core principles and practices of the good political republic, as spelled out in his famous essay, ‘The Republic of Science’. There is, however, a tension between his political theory and his epistemological contribution, in particular his path-breaking writings about the tacit dimension in knowledge formation—or what he described as ‘personal knowledge’. On the one hand, his political essay supports a classical conservative position, while on the other, his theory of tacit knowledge anticipates much of the post-modern radical critique of long-standing Enlightenment assumptions about scientific objectivity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge. This otherwise contradictory position can be understood by following Polanyi's own epistemological prescription, namely by examining the underlying assumptions that constitute his own tacit knowledge. Polanyi's personal history reveals the less-apparent assumptions tacitly underlying his republic of science. Polanyi's own ‘fiduciary community’—in particular, his deep personal and intellectual ties to classical conservative theory, his association with Frederick von Hayek, and his membership in the neo-liberal Mont Pelerin Society—shaped his theoretical conceptualization of the so-called ‘republic of science’. In this way, Polanyi's political contribution diverges from his own epistemological requirements, in a way that largely obscures important intellectual roots required to properly interpret his political thought.

Consciousness as Pure Self-Reflection in the Writings of Michael Polanyi

Recognition that Michael Polanyi is one of the greatest minds of the Post-Modern era is rapidly increasing. His theory of tacit knowledge is one of Polanyi's most significant contributions to the philosophy of mind. In our view, that notion can be most fully understood when read in the context of his general assertions and assumptions about the nature of consciousness. Our analysis of Polanyi's use of the term finds three distinct meanings. These are: Consciousness 1, consciousness as self-awareness; Consciousness 2, consciousness as thoughts, feelings, perceptions, or the mental content of Consciousness 1; and, Consciousness 3, consciousness as understood in contrast to unconsciousness. Numerous instances of these usages are quoted and explained. In some cases, Polanyi's use of these terms is ambiguous, or misleading. This occurs especially with his use of the words attention and awareness. The paper concludes with the suggestion that social scientists, and other readers of Polanyi, who are interested in understanding his theory of can avoid the misleading connotations of those terms by heeding these few suggestions: (a). read the term awareness as focal attention; (b). read the term awareness as subsidiary reliance; and, (c). keep in mind that there are not two levels nor two kinds of awareness, but only one awareness: self-awareness.

Recognizing Racit Knowledge in Medical Epistemology

The evidence-based medicine movement advocates basing all medical decisions on certain types of quantitative research data and has stimulated protracted controversy and debate since its inception. Evidence-based medicine presupposes an inaccurate and deficient view of medical knowledge. Michael Polanyi's theory of tacit knowledge both explains this deficiency and suggests remedies for it. Polanyi shows how all explicit human knowledge depends on a wealth of tacit knowledge which accrues from experience and is essential for problem solving. Edmund Pellegrino's classic treatment of clinical judgment is examined, and a Polanyian critique of this position demonstrates that tacit knowledge is necessary for understanding how clinical judgment and medical decisions involve persons. An adequate medical epistemology requires much more qualitative research relevant to the clinical encounter and medical decision making than is currently being done. This research is necessary for preventing an uncritical application of evidence-based medicine by health care managers that erodes good clinical practice. Polanyi's epistemology shows the need for this work and provides the structural core for building an adequate and robust medical epistemology that moves beyond evidence-based medicine.