Multisensory Anthropology
The senses are made, not given. Multisensory anthropology focuses on the variable boundaries, differential elaboration, and many different ways of combining the senses across (and within) cultures. Its methodology is grounded in "participant sensation," or sensing-and making sense-along wi...
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Published in | Annual review of anthropology Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 17 - 28 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Palo Alto
Annual Reviews
21.10.2019
Annual Reviews, Inc |
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Summary: | The senses are made, not given. Multisensory anthropology focuses on the variable boundaries, differential elaboration, and many different ways of combining the senses across (and within) cultures. Its methodology is grounded in "participant sensation," or sensing-and making sense-along with others, also known as sensory ethnography. This review article traces the sensualization of anthropological theory and practice since the early 1990s, showing how the concept of sensory mediation has steadily supplanted the prior concern with representation. It concludes with a discussion of how the senses are engaged in filmmaking, multispecies ethnography, and material culture studies as well as in achieving social justice. |
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ISSN: | 0084-6570 1545-4290 |
DOI: | 10.1146/annurev-anthro-102218-011324 |