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Conférence publique organisée par le laboratoire RIFT, Université de GenèveLe jeudi 20 février 2014 à GenèveProf. Stephen Billett, Griffith University, AustraliaThis presentation elaborates the nature and worth of learning through mimesis (i.e. observation and imitation) at work, associated personal epistemological practices and contributions that are collectively referred to as mimetic learning. This elaboration proposes that much of the moment-by-moment learning in which humans engage in (i.e. microgenetic development) arises through mimesis. The learning arising through engagement in everyday activities and interactions at work are no exception here. Mimesis is premised upon both inter-psychological (i.e. between the person and the world beyond them) and intra-psychological (i.e. the cognitive, sensory and neural processes that mediate what is experienced). Given to the need to account for these contributions and them going beyond observation and imitation (i.e. mimesis), the more inclusive term mimetic learning is adopted. An account of mimesis at work seems timely and necessary given that much and probably most of learning across working lives occurs outside of circumstances where direct interactions with others (e.g. being taught or guided) occurs, and with others and their intentions for what is to be learnt. Yet, many explanatory accounts of learning through work emphasise direct interpersonal interactions with others, more than learners’ actions when working. However, recent considerations of individuals’ dispositions, epistemological beliefs and epistemologies, and new findings and conceptual developments within anthropology and cognitive science offer contributions that warrant reconsiderations of concepts such as imitation, mimesis and mimetic learning. Procedurally, mimetic learning can come to assist our understanding of learning through everyday activities and interactions at and through work.En savoir plus : Conf_Billett_20_02_14_Abstract