Poiesis, ecology and embodied cognition

Westermann, Claudia ORCID: 0000-0001-7853-6014 (2020) Poiesis, ecology and embodied cognition. Technoetic Arts, 18 (1). pp. 19-29.

Text Westermann_2021_manuscript_Poiesis, Ecology, and Embodied Cognition.pdf - Author Accepted Manuscript Download (2MB) | Preview

Abstract

<jats:p>Since René Descartes famously separated the concepts of body and mind in the seventeenth century, western philosophy and theory have struggled to conceptualize the interconnectedness of minds, bodies, environments and cultures. While environmental psychology and the cognitive sciences have shown that spatial perception is ‘embodied’ and depends on the aforementioned concepts’ interconnectedness, architectural design practice, for example, has rarely incorporated these insights. The article presents research on the epistemological foundations that frame the communication between design theory and practice and juxtaposes it with scientific research on embodied experience. It further suggests that Asian aesthetics, with its long history in conceiving relations and art as interactive, could create a bridge between recent scientific insights and design practice. The article links Asian aesthetics to a discourse on ecologies in the post-Anthropocene, in dialogue with contemporary conceptions of time. It outlines an approach to the interconnectedness of minds, bodies, environments, the sciences and cultures, in favour of a future that is governed by creative wisdom rather than ‘smart’ efficiency.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2021 07:42
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:32
DOI:	10.1386/tear_00023_1
Related URLs:	Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3134495