Main entry:

Howes, David, 1957- author.

Title & Author:

The sensory studies manifesto : tracking the sensorial revolution in the arts and human sciences / David Howes.

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]

Description:

xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Coming to Our Senses -- Part 1. The Sensorial Revolution in the Human Sciences. On the Geography and Anthropology of the Senses ; On the History and Sociology of the Senses ; On the Psychology and Neurobiology of the Senses in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective -- Part 2. Cast Studies, The Modern Sensorium : A Case Study in Sensory History, 1920-2001 ; Melanesian Sensory Formations : A Comparative Case Study in Sensory Ethnography -- Part 3. Multisensory Aesthetics. "A New Age of Aesthetics" : Sensory Art and Design ; Sensory Museology : Bringing the Senses to Museum Visitors ; Performative Sensory Environments : Alternative Orchestrations of the Senses in Contemporary Intermedia Art.
Issued also in electronic format.

Summary:

"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, which 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. David Howes challenges the assumptions of mainstream Western psychology by foregrounding the agency, interactivity, creativity, and wisdom of the senses as shaped by culture. The Sensory Studies Manifesto sets the stage for a radical reorientation of research in the human sciences and artistic practice." --Publisher.

ISBN:

9781487528621 (paper)
1487528620 (paper)
9781487528614 (cloth)
1487528612 (cloth)
(EPUB)
9781487528645
(PDF)
9781487528638

Subject:

Senses and sensation History.
Senses and sensation Social aspects.
Senses and sensation Case studies.
Senses and sensation in art.
Aesthetics.
Sens et sensations Histoire.
Sens et sensations Aspect social.
Sens et sensations Études de cas.
Sens et sensations dans l'art.
Esthétique.
Senses and sensation

Form/genre:

Case studies
History
Études de cas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316764
Call No.: 316764
Copy: 1
Status: Available