Improvisation: Autonomy, Heteronomy and Wilful Naïveté

Lambert, Ian

Abstract

This paper discusses theoretical perspectives on improvisation as a powerful generator of new knowledge in practice-based research and its enhancement through wilful naïveté. The paper discusses a wilfully naïve approach to making with reference to Ingold's morphogeneticism (making as a process of growth; 2009, pp.21-22), and Peters' (2009) balance of autonomy and heteronomy in the passage of creativity. The sandcasting as a making process was a new field of practice chosen deliberately to help avoid the effect of entrenched practices on the process of growth. The paper discuss new theoretical insights with reference to his experimental work and the influence of others, i.e. a heteronymous lineage of practice. As an auto-ethnographic heuristic making enquiry, the author writes of their work and practice in the first person.

Citation

Lambert, I. (2019, September). Improvisation: Autonomy, Heteronomy and Wilful Naïveté. Presented at EKSIG 2019: Knowing Together – experiential knowledge and collaboration, Estonia Academy of Arts, Tallin, Estonia

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: EKSIG 2019: Knowing Together – experiential knowledge and collaboration
• Start Date: Sep 23, 2019
• End Date: Sep 24, 2019
• Acceptance Date: Jul 18, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Deposit Date: Aug 22, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 22, 2019
• Book Title: EKSIG 2019 Knowing Together — experiential knowledge and collaboration Conference Proceedings of International Conference 2019 of the DRS Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge
• ISBN: 978-9949-594-82-5
• Keywords: Improvisation; making-as-growth; autonomy; heteronomy; wilful naïveté
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2067902
• Publisher URL: https://eksig2019.artun.ee/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/6.pdf