The Perception of the Environment
Ingold’s alternative to transmission accounts of culture: “it is through a process of enskilment, not enculturation, that every generation grows into — and beyond — the wisdom of its predecessors”; what passes between generations is “an education of attention.” We hold this as a corrective from inside anthropology — made by the editor of the very encyclopedia we cite for enculturation — and as the change mechanism our framework runs on: reorientation as re-education of attention. See Education of Attention.
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