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Discursive practices are used by members of a profession to shape events in the domains subject to their professional scrutiny. The shaping process creates the objects of knowledge that become the insignia of a profession’s craft: the theories, artifacts, and bodies of expertise that distinguish it from other professions. Analysis of the methods used by members of a community to build and contest the events that structure their life world contributes to the development of a practice-based theory of knowledge and action.

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Goodwin, C. (2015). Professional Vision. In: Reh, S., Berdelmann, K., Dinkelaker, J. (eds) Aufmerksamkeit. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-19381-6_20

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