The Sensory Studies Manifesto Tracking the Sensorial Revolution in the Arts and Human Sciences

David Howes, "The Sensory Studies Manifesto: Tracking the Sensorial Revolution in the Arts and Human Sciences"
English | ISBN: 1487528612 | 2022 | 282 pages | PDF | 21 MB
The senses are made, not given. This revolutionary realization has come as of late to inform research across the social sciences and humanities, and is currently inspiring groundbreaking experimentation in the world of art and design, where the focus is now on mixing and manipulating the senses.

The Sensory Studies Manifesto tracks these transformations and opens multiple lines of investigation into the diverse ways in which human beings sense and make sense of the world. This unique volume treats the human sensorium as a dynamic whole that is best approached from historical, anthropological, geographic, and sociological perspectives. In doing so, it has altered our understanding of sense perception by directing attention to the sociality of sensation and the cultural mediation of sense experience and expression.
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