Professions and Proficiency / / edited by Johannes Glückler, Christopher Winch, Anna Mateja Punstein.

This open access book takes an original view on the social production of knowledge in and across space. It explores how people build and transfer proficiency within and beyond the bounds of social groups. Social groups, such as professions, epistemic communities, or academic disciplines, collectivel...

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Superior document:Knowledge and Space, 18
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Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing :, Imprint: Springer,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Language:English
Series:Knowledge and Space, 18
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 270 p. 1 illus.)
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Professions, proficiency, and place: An introduction
  • Part I: The Creation of Proficiency
  • Chapter 2. Qualifications as Guarantees of Proficiency—Do We Understand Their Role?
  • Chapter 3. Improficiency and the Professionalization of Undisciplined Practices
  • Chapter 4. The Interplay of Knowledge, Strategies, and Interest in the Development of Expertise within Professions
  • Chapter 5. What Does it Take to Be a Professional Translator? Identity as a Resource
  • Part II: Transformation of Professions
  • Chapter 6. The Changing Fortunes of the Architect Profession in Post-War Britain: Complexity, Technological Change, and the (Re)construction of Knowledge
  • Chapter 7. Preserving the Epistemic Authority of Science in World Politics
  • Chapter 8. Mobilizing Intangibles under the Acceluction Regime
  • Part III: Proficiency and Professions in Place
  • Chapter 9. The Beginnings of the Psychology Profession in Argentina: Science, Institutional Context, and Society
  • Chapter 10. William Siemens: An Engineer and Industrialist in Germany and England
  • Chapter 11. Professions, Knowledge, and Workplace Change: The Case of Canadian Engineers
  • Chapter 12. Spielwiesen: Preparing a Research Agenda on Playgrounds and Serious Work in Academia.