Learning Through the Body

The proposed symposium explores the role of the body in action and cognition through five ethnographies. The presentations demonstrate that the physical body can be a substantial management resource and elucidate the importance of this topic under contemporary conditions of hyperturbulence, describe the methodological challenges that researching the body entails, and propose solutions for overcoming those. Beyond Dualities: Embodied Actions in the Flow of Innovation Presenter: Curtis LeBaron; Brigham Young U. Presenter: Paul R. Carlile; Boston U. How to not get killed on the Amazon: Sensemaking in the Flesh Presenter: Mark de Rond; U. of Cambridge Presenter: Isaac Holeman; Judge Business School Presenter: Jennifer Howard-Grenville; Cambridge Judge Business School Socializing New Energetic Expressions Through A Yoga Community Presenter: Stephanie J. Creary; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Presenter: Karen D. Locke; College of William and Mary Reassembling the Person Presenter: Alexandra Michel; U. o...