Sensory anthropology and the study of atmospheres, David Howes, mercredi 29 janvier 2020, 18h, ENSAG
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17 janvier 2020
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This presentation offers an overview of the sensory turn in anthropology, which crystallized in the early 1990s and has since spread to other disciplines. Sensory anthropology stands for a cultural approach to the study of the senses and a sensory approach to the study of culture: the senses are treated as both object of study and means of inquiry. The preferred method of sensory anthropology is sensory ethnography, as summarized by François Laplantine in The life of the senses: Toward a m...