The Phenomenology of a Performative Knowledge System by Shay Welch

The Phenomenology of a Performative Knowledge System by Shay Welch

This book investigates the phenomenological ways that dance choreographing and dance performance exemplify both Truth and meaning-making within Native American epistemology, from an analytic philosophical perspective. Given that within Native American communities dance is regarded both as an integral cultural conduit and “a doorway to a powerful wisdom,” Shay Welch argues that dance and dancing can both create and communicate knowledge. She explains that dance—as a form of oral, narrative storytelling—has the power to communicate knowledge of beliefs and histories, and that dance is a form of embodied narrative storytelling. Welch provides analytic clarity on how this happens, what conditions are required for it to succeed, and how dance can satisfy the relational and ethical facets of Native epistemology.

“The book is a marvel of philosophical insight worthy the attention of anyone interested in its many fields of address, from epistemology, to embodiment, to danceJust read the book.” (Sebastian Purcell, Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, September 18, 2019)

Shay Welch is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Spelman College, USA. 

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ISBN 13	9783030049355
ISBN 10	3030049353
Title	The Phenomenology of a Performative Knowledge System
Author	Shay Welch
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Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Year published	2019-05-10
Number of pages	215
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