The Construction of Knowledge in the Work of a Tattoo Artist: A Look from the Perspective of Aesthetics

Abstract The present study analyzes how and what knowledge constitutes the daily work of tattooing in light organizational aesthetic approach. For this purpose, authors explore theme at by considering produced life practice, analyzing interaction between different knowings, artifacts, practices. used techniques participant observation narrative interviews, with data analysis through thematic narratives. practice consists six types knowledge: (a) creation and/or reproduction design; (b) doings sayings related to each practice; (c) manipulation artifacts; (d) technique; (e) body movement; (f) activation human senses. Shedding on brings focus studies importance dimension, proposing an alternative for logical-rational understanding context.