Bicycling on the Moon: Collective tacit knowledge and somatic-limit tacit knowledge

Collins, Harold Maurice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2909-9035 2007. Bicycling on the Moon: Collective tacit knowledge and somatic-limit tacit knowledge. Organization Studies 28 (2) , pp. 257-262. 10.1177/0170840606073759

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Abstract

The idea of tacit knowledge plays an important role in many areas of academic debate, not least automation and its role in management. Here it is shown that tacit knowledge comes in two distinct types, with different causes and consequences. The first kind, ‘somatic-limit tacit knowledge’, has to do with the limitations of the human body and brain and has no consequences for encoding knowledge into machines. The second kind, ‘collective tacit knowledge’, is more ‘ontological’ than biological, having to do with its location in the social collectivity. Here the human body and brain’s unique capacity gives it special access to the tacit knowledge; known and foreseeable machines do not have this capacity.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	tacit knowledge; embodiment; social collectivity
Publisher:	Sage
ISSN:	0170-8406
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 10:54
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/86630

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