When Whole(ness) is more than the Sum of the Parts: somatics as contemporary epistemological field

Abstract: In the text, it is discussed some aspects on somatics in contemporary times, from the starting point of its technical and conceptual basis, clarifying premises and applications, as well as misunderstandings and restrictions. Some aspects include: conceptual, historical, and technical origins; common premises and principles developed by diverse somatic techniques; the difference between somatic technique, method, and approach; transculturality, decolonization, and repatterning; Somatic Attunement and Wisdom; institutionalization in technical and/or academic courses; somatics as autonomous field of therapy, education, aesthetics, and research; somatics as practice as research; somatic-performative research.

摘要：本文以当代躯体学（somatics）的技术与概念基础为切入点，探讨其若干研究面向，厘清其前提假设与应用场景，同时辨析其认知误区与应用局限。所涉研究面向包括：概念、历史与技术溯源；各类躯体技术共通的前提与原则；躯体技术、方法与路径三者间的差异；跨文化性、去殖民化与模式重构；躯体调谐（Somatic Attunement）与躯体智慧；技术类及/或学术课程中的制度化建设；躯体学作为治疗、教育、美学与研究的自主领域；躯体学作为实践即研究（practice as research）的场域；躯体-表演性研究（somatic-performative research）。