Les apports mutuels du Cours d’Action et de la Cognition Distribuée à la compréhension des interactions inter‑espèces : le cas d’une relation singulière écuyer‑sauteur

The aim of this article is to test the fruitfulness of bringing together two research programmes, Course of Action (PRCA) and Distributed Cognition (PRCD), for the study of human-animal interactions. This development of the PRCA towards an “augmented PRCA” aims to raise new research questions, linke...

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Main Authors: Marine Leblanc, Benoît Huet, Jacques Saury
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Language:English
Published: Association Recherche et Pratique sur les Activités 2024-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/activites/9187
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description The aim of this article is to test the fruitfulness of bringing together two research programmes, Course of Action (PRCA) and Distributed Cognition (PRCD), for the study of human-animal interactions. This development of the PRCA towards an “augmented PRCA” aims to raise new research questions, linked to the integration of animal activities and human-animal interactions in the field of practice analysis. This article makes an empirical contribution to the development of this program by analyzing human-horse communication, in particular the interactions between Cadre Noir écuyers and sauteur horses. To study interspecies interactions, we use several theoretical concepts from these two research programs: cultural practice, mutual appropriation-action, and another concept already explored in previous work, namely sensorimotor empathy. We argue that the cultural practice of airs above the ground, shared by the écuyer and the sauteur, is both a condition and a result of sensorimotor empathy, which develops through a process of mutual appropriation-action. This study confirms the relevance of an “augmented” PRCA to account for animal activities and interspecies interactions, and contributes to a better understanding of the latter. It opens up prospects for new empirical studies to be carried out that highlight the development of mutual sensorimotor empathy within other shared cultural practices between humans and animals.
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spelling doaj-art-2cd5b49074ac4e5f87de287c0dbcfdfc2025-08-20T02:33:08ZengAssociation Recherche et Pratique sur les ActivitésActivités1765-27232024-04-0121110.4000/activites.9187Les apports mutuels du Cours d’Action et de la Cognition Distribuée à la compréhension des interactions inter‑espèces : le cas d’une relation singulière écuyer‑sauteurMarine LeblancBenoît HuetJacques SauryThe aim of this article is to test the fruitfulness of bringing together two research programmes, Course of Action (PRCA) and Distributed Cognition (PRCD), for the study of human-animal interactions. This development of the PRCA towards an “augmented PRCA” aims to raise new research questions, linked to the integration of animal activities and human-animal interactions in the field of practice analysis. This article makes an empirical contribution to the development of this program by analyzing human-horse communication, in particular the interactions between Cadre Noir écuyers and sauteur horses. To study interspecies interactions, we use several theoretical concepts from these two research programs: cultural practice, mutual appropriation-action, and another concept already explored in previous work, namely sensorimotor empathy. We argue that the cultural practice of airs above the ground, shared by the écuyer and the sauteur, is both a condition and a result of sensorimotor empathy, which develops through a process of mutual appropriation-action. This study confirms the relevance of an “augmented” PRCA to account for animal activities and interspecies interactions, and contributes to a better understanding of the latter. It opens up prospects for new empirical studies to be carried out that highlight the development of mutual sensorimotor empathy within other shared cultural practices between humans and animals.https://journals.openedition.org/activites/9187course of actiondistributed cognitionhuman-animal interactionssensorimotor empathycultural practice
spellingShingle Marine Leblanc
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Jacques Saury
Les apports mutuels du Cours d’Action et de la Cognition Distribuée à la compréhension des interactions inter‑espèces : le cas d’une relation singulière écuyer‑sauteur
Activités
course of action
distributed cognition
human-animal interactions
sensorimotor empathy
cultural practice
title Les apports mutuels du Cours d’Action et de la Cognition Distribuée à la compréhension des interactions inter‑espèces : le cas d’une relation singulière écuyer‑sauteur
title_full Les apports mutuels du Cours d’Action et de la Cognition Distribuée à la compréhension des interactions inter‑espèces : le cas d’une relation singulière écuyer‑sauteur
title_fullStr Les apports mutuels du Cours d’Action et de la Cognition Distribuée à la compréhension des interactions inter‑espèces : le cas d’une relation singulière écuyer‑sauteur
title_full_unstemmed Les apports mutuels du Cours d’Action et de la Cognition Distribuée à la compréhension des interactions inter‑espèces : le cas d’une relation singulière écuyer‑sauteur
title_short Les apports mutuels du Cours d’Action et de la Cognition Distribuée à la compréhension des interactions inter‑espèces : le cas d’une relation singulière écuyer‑sauteur
title_sort les apports mutuels du cours d action et de la cognition distribuee a la comprehension des interactions inter especes le cas d une relation singuliere ecuyer sauteur
topic course of action
distributed cognition
human-animal interactions
sensorimotor empathy
cultural practice
url https://journals.openedition.org/activites/9187
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