Tango and enactivism: first steps in exploring the dynamics and experience of interaction.
Integrative psychological & behavioral science September 1, 2014 DOI: 10.1007/s12124-014-9267-1 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 25 |
| Key points | Argues that tango dancing, analyzed through an enactivist framework, can contribute to the study of interaction dynamics, intersubjectivity, and culture as joint activity. |
Abstract
Tango dancing is not just ethnographically interesting, but might actually provide a way to study interaction as such. An orientation to this improvisational dance as an embodied practice and experience is given. Enactivism is proposed as an adequate framework for further study. It is argued that approaching tango in terms of participatory sense-making, mutual incorporation and consensually coordinated action helps in clarifying its possible contributions to (cultural) psychology. Possible contributions such as facilitating the study of the dynamics of interaction, of intersubjectivity and of culture as joint activity.