A social perspective on knowledge does not exist independently of social relations and social practices. This chapter illustrates the travel of ideas around knowledge management within a social perspective through three processual activities: sharing knowledge and keeping knowledge alive within a community’s practices; embedding knowledge in material practices; and innovating as an ongoing process. Thus, we argue that a social perspective on knowing is based on three types of relations established between practices and knowledge: a relation of containment (knowledge is a process that takes place within situated practices); a relation of mutual constitution (knowing and practising produce each other); a relation of equivalence (the equivalence between knowing and practising arises when priority is denied to the knowledge that exists before the moment of its enactment). A social perspective on knowledge management has taken several turns from the concept of the community of practice to the development of practice-based studies.

Knowledge management from a social perspective: the contribution of practice-based studies / Gherardi, Silvia; Miele, Francesco. - STAMPA. - (2018), pp. 151-176. [10.1007/978-3-319-71434-9_7]

Knowledge management from a social perspective: the contribution of practice-based studies

Silvia Gherardi;Francesco Miele
2018-01-01

Abstract

A social perspective on knowledge does not exist independently of social relations and social practices. This chapter illustrates the travel of ideas around knowledge management within a social perspective through three processual activities: sharing knowledge and keeping knowledge alive within a community’s practices; embedding knowledge in material practices; and innovating as an ongoing process. Thus, we argue that a social perspective on knowing is based on three types of relations established between practices and knowledge: a relation of containment (knowledge is a process that takes place within situated practices); a relation of mutual constitution (knowing and practising produce each other); a relation of equivalence (the equivalence between knowing and practising arises when priority is denied to the knowledge that exists before the moment of its enactment). A social perspective on knowledge management has taken several turns from the concept of the community of practice to the development of practice-based studies.
2018
Palgrave Handbook of Knowledge Management
Cham
Palgrave Macmillan
978-3-319-71433-2
Gherardi, Silvia; Miele, Francesco
Knowledge management from a social perspective: the contribution of practice-based studies / Gherardi, Silvia; Miele, Francesco. - STAMPA. - (2018), pp. 151-176. [10.1007/978-3-319-71434-9_7]
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