tacit knowledge
from what i can understand, tacit knowledge is 'know-how'. its the things we know but cannot describe or communicate, and we may not even know how we learnt them. i wonder how personal tacit knowledge is? is my memory or technique of something tacit like riding a bike similar to the experience of others. i can certainly remember learning, the frustrations, training wheels, being trailed behind my dad, cross country bike rides with school friends, riding to school, rides aorund the lake on bike paths, riding on the road for the first time. but i dont remember the first time i rode specifically without training wheels. or how i would begin to ride somehting like a bike.
i dont think people have the same experience of learning to ride, but the general knowledge is there in the same way that we can all balance and pedal a bike.
i think the same is of intimacy. assuming we have intimate knowledge and experience, shouldn't we have similar tacit ideas? we can begin to explain why we might like candle light, soft lighting, warm colours, how touch is important, slow gentle movements... and so on. maybe i need to go back to the primal reasons why we need these things. is it still because we are trying to find a good mate? (in the biological sense) i dont see how having candle light can make one more attracted to a potential life partner.
i dont think people have the same experience of learning to ride, but the general knowledge is there in the same way that we can all balance and pedal a bike.
i think the same is of intimacy. assuming we have intimate knowledge and experience, shouldn't we have similar tacit ideas? we can begin to explain why we might like candle light, soft lighting, warm colours, how touch is important, slow gentle movements... and so on. maybe i need to go back to the primal reasons why we need these things. is it still because we are trying to find a good mate? (in the biological sense) i dont see how having candle light can make one more attracted to a potential life partner.
posted by ben at 4:28 PM
1 Comments:
I never had training wheels, just my dad holding the bike and running along holding it! Yeah I can see why candle light doesn’t seem that important at all, but I guess for me it's the way objects or their face look by it what features show. Not the candle it’s self at all but the light, if you can substitute a similar effect then you don’t need the candle. But I guess it’s also the thought of night time as well as that always seems more intimate and private. I only ever use candles at night so there is a bit more of a connection.
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