Towards a codification of practical knowledge

International audienceAs practical knowledge seems to have a central place in organisational issues, we focus on possibilities to study and formalize it. From an unusual theoretical perspective, we view practical knowledge as embodied knowing which only is only manifest through action in a particular situation. Although this knowledge is largely implicit, we try to make what is 'articulable' explicit. After highlighting the stakes involved in the codification of practices, we review the ontological and epistemological assumptions underlying the method developed. It is founded on participant observation, a video recording of a situated subjective perspective and an ex post interview using this perspective to aid an actor to make part of his/her practical knowledge explicit. We present its implementation within research on polar expeditions in order to understand how an experienced actor deals with risks. In conclusion, we point out (1) the importance of this kind of data in knowledge management, (2) some lines of further research

A entrevista, a pesquisa e o íntimo, ou por que censurar seu diário de campo?

O diário é constitutivo do ofício do etnógrafo, mas não é nada mais do que um conjunto disseminado de notas heterogêneas. Sua publicação, respeitando uma classificação cronológica, cria a ficção romanesca de um narrador-etnógrafo. Censurar a publicação permite não censurar a escrita. Os materiais censurados não são da ordem do íntimo, mas da ordem do não (ainda) inteligível.<br>The field diary is part of the ethnographer's job. It is merely a set of sparse heterogeneous notes. Its publication, respecting a chronological classification, creates the Romanesque fiction of an ethnographer-narrator. Censuring the publication of the diary implies that the original writing will not be censured. The censured materials do not relate to issues of privacy, but to the not (yet) intelligible

Os anos de inverno da análise institucional francesa The years of winterof french institutional analysis

O artigo reconstrói os vínculos entre a gênese teórica e a gênese social de conceitos e dispositivos da Análise Institucional francesa, entendida como regime de verdade, prática e subjetivação, durante seus "anos de inverno" - expressão inspirada em Félix Guattari, que, através dela, retrata o mundo contemporâneo. Um destaque especial é dado aos conceitos de implicação e sobreimplicação, conforme concebidos por René Lourau. As considerações finais esboçam questões sobre a Análise Institucional no Brasil, particularmente em suas relações com a Universidade. Presume-se então que a 'dobra sobre si' efetuada pela Análise Institucional esteja necessariamente relacionada a um 'desprendimento de si'.<br>The paper reconstructs the connections between theoretical genesis and social genesis of some concepts and devices of French Institutional Analysis, understood as a truth, practice and subjectification regime, during the "years of winter" - an expression inspired in Félix Guattari, that portrays the contemporary world. A particular emphasis is given to the concepts of implication and overimplication, as they are formulated by René Lourau. The final statements outline problems regarding the Institutional Analysis in Brazil, mainly in its relationships with the University. We suppose that the Institutional Analysis 'infolding' is necessarily related with a practice of 'getting free of itself'