Revealing tacit knowledge : embodiment and explication As the established distinction between tacit and explicit or discursive forms of knowledge does not explain this question the contributions in this volume reconstruct describe and analyze the manifold processes by which the tacit reveals itself: They focus for example on metaphors myths and visualizations as explications of the tacit as well as on processes of embodiment. Taken together they demonstrate that the tacit does not constitute a single or unified knowledge complex but has to be understood in its differentiated and fragmented forms.