The result of a collaborative, multiyear project, this groundbreaking book investigates the dynamic constellation of religion, sensation, and materiality, exploring the interpretive worlds of sensory phenomena in material practices of religions. Under the rubric of "making sense…
Von Sinn(en) und Gefühlen
In praise of sound -- Under the signs of Husserl and Heidegger -- First phenomenology -- The auditory dimension -- The shapes of sound -- The auditory field -- Timeful sound -- Auditory horizons -- The polyphony of experience -- Auditory imagination -- Inner speech -- The center…
Senses of place
by Feld, Steven
fromSchool of American Research Advanced Seminar Series
This volume is the first English language presentation of the innovative approaches developed in the aesthetics of religion. The chapters present diverse material and detailed analysis on descriptive, methodological and theoretical concepts that together explore the potential of…
"Literature's Sensuous Geographies offers a study of place in postcolonial literature and theory from other than the socio-cultural and political angles that have traditionally dominated the field. Moslund explores "sensuous geographies" (something that has so far been neglected…
"Literature's Sensuous Geographies offers a study of place in postcolonial literature and theory from other than the socio-cultural and political angles that have traditionally dominated the field. Moslund explores "sensuous geographies" (something that has so far been neglected…
"The Cultural History of the Senses set delves into the sensory foundations of Western civilization, taking a comprehensive period-by-period approach which provides a broad understanding of the life of the senses from antiquity to the modern day. Each of the volumes explores the…
"The Senses: Design Beyond Vision explores different ways that contemporary designers are engaging sensory experience. This important book accompanies a major exhibition organized by Cooper Hewett, Smithsonian Design Museum, opening April 2018. The book features thematic essays …