Technical learning is most often perceived as the result of pedagogical, scientific and experiential processes that seek efficiency and rely on clarity and transparency to guarantee success. The master makes the right gestures for an attentive apprentice who observes them in order to reproduce them. This lecture seeks to show, on the contrary, that a large part of the acquisition of technical skills is less about science, effective pedagogy and clarity than it is about magic, aesthetics and poetry. Using a variety of examples from fieldwork with carpenters, mud masons, bakers and confectioners, it will highlight the role played by initiation rites, metaphors, names, sounds and rhythms in the transmission and mastery of technical skills.

Nicolas Adell is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Toulouse and leads the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. His research focuses focuses on the anthropology of heritage and knowledge, and on the scientific and artistic ways of shaping one’s life. Among other responsibilities, he has been the chief editor of the journal Ethnologie française between 2017 and 2022.

困境中的传承——手工艺中的魔法、美学和诗学

技术学徒期的学习通常被视为一种通过教学、科学和经验过程获得的成果，这些过程追求效率，依靠明确性和透明来保障学习的成功。师傅应该为细心的学徒示范正确的动作，而徒弟观察师傅的动作并模仿。

我将通过本次讲座向大家展示：恰恰相反，大部分技能的获取在很大程度上与科学、有效的教学方法和明确性都无关联，反而与魔法、美学与诗学有关。我将通过考察木匠、面包师和糕点师等各种不同的案例，强调入行仪式、隐喻、名称、声音和节奏这些元素在传播和掌握知识与技能等方面所发挥的作用。

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