Embodied Ways of Knowing

The other day I read about a phrase that was something like, “embodied ways of knowing” (and of course, I am not remembering which social media feed I read it in or the original author). It felt like a response to explorations of “women’s ways of knowing,” or “gay ways of knowing” that at a stroke cut out problems with binary essentialist foundations of being, spirituality, and community—while at the same time allowing individuals to customize or specify their personal praxis.

I suppose there is potential for erasure with “embodied ways.” I could see how not naming a specific group would make it harder to enclave with others of similar embodiment. On the other hand, using embodied ways feels like it would make it harder to mistakenly assume community when in fact all there is are shared gender and orientation expressions.

I’m not sure if this is a New Thing, or if it’s So 2020.