Bodily grounds of learning: embodying professional practice in biotechnology

Although ever present, the way in which the body is implicated in learning has received scant attention in the research literature to date. A particular area of neglect relates to the significance of the perceiving, feeling, motile body in learning to enter the professions. The philosophical-empirical inquiry in this article targets this neglected area of research. Its purpose is to explore what is entailed in learning to embody skilful...