2024
DOI: 10.23987/sts.138114
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To Catch a Cicada

Thomas Corbin,
Samantha Corbin,
David Emery
et al.

Abstract: This paper examines the role of tacit knowledge and embodied sonic skills involved in catching cicadas (Cicadoidea Latreille in the order Hemiptera) for scientific study in Australia. Cicada researchers rely on identifying the unique “call patterns” of male cicadas to locate populations and track individuals to net. Drawing on an ethnographic study of the authors’ own practices as cicada researchers, we demonstrate that cicada-catching involves tacit and embodied skills that are mastered in a community of prac… Show more

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