Perspectival Kinaesthetic Imaging

Abstract

Perspectival Kinaesthetic Imaging is being proposed as a method designed to facilitate the heightened sensitivity needed for the anthropological study of the relationship between making and thinking, during the creative engagement with form-generating materials. Technically, this objective is achieved through the juxtaposition of perspectival view points on the process of making. We follow the ways of the hand using a combination of multimodal visual captures (i.e., photography, video, observational drawing and mobile eye-tracking). Each of these multimodal visual captures affords a specific spatio-temporal perspective from which to identify and observe morphogenetic events of interest (e.g. creative gestures and modes of enactive signification). The basic idea is that the juxtaposition of different media affects how we observe and what can be observed by enabling the discovery of connections and material relations that are often obscured when seen from a single perspectival point.

Materiality and cognitive development: Contemporary debates and empirical studies in early childhood

“…The increasing traction gained by 5E perspectives in recent years has significantly advanced our understanding of how materiality shapes human development, fostering new opportunities for (inter)action across multiple timescales and social contexts. This progress is exemplified by contributions stemming or gaining insights from frameworks such as Material Engagement Theory (e.g., Alessandroni & Malafouris, 2023;Barona, 2021;Gallagher & Ransom, 2016;Gubenko & Houssemand, 2022;Malafouris, 2013;Malafouris et al, 2023;March & Malafouris, 2023;Paolucci, 2021;Vietri et al, 2023).…”