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Book SynopsisThe Sensory Studies Manifesto explores the origin and development of the revolutionary new field of sensory studies.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Prologue: Coming to Our Senses Part I: The Sensorial Revolution in the Human Sciences 1. On the Geography and Anthropology the Senses 2. On the History and Sociology of the Senses 3. On the Psychology and Neurobiology of the Senses in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective Part II: Case Studies 4. The Modern Sensorium: A Case Study in Sensory History, 1920-2001 5. Melanesian Sensory Formations: A Comparative Case Study in Sensory Ethnography Part III: Multisensory Aesthetics 6. “A New Age of Aesthetics”: Sensory Art and Design 7. Sensory Museology: Bringing the Senses to Museum Visitors 8. Performative Sensory Environments: Alternative Orchestrations of the Senses in Contemporary Intermedia Art References List of Figures
