Techniques as a Window onto Learning

Abstract

This article focuses on the techniques and practices involved in Kazakh women’s domestic textile production in western Mongolia. It looks at the learning trajectory of young girls and the ways in which they are integrated into domestic craft practices and participate in the execution of particular techniques. The aim of this article is to consider two quite different theoretical approaches to learning in relation to this craft knowledge. The author considers the extent to which girls’ learning processes and women’s more expert practices reflect key ideas in cognitive anthropology, on the one hand, and phenomenological approaches, on the other. She positions herself between these theoretical approaches, and argues that we need to consider knowledge evidenced in practice as well as language, both from a methodological and epistemological perspective, to allow for a more dynamic and encompassing understanding of learning and knowledge.

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