Sensory Sources

Question 1

David Howes

Answer 1

Textual sources distracted from sensing cultures.
Audio tapes and camcorders have taken a place in study.
They can reach what words cannot.
Sensory Museology = experiencing properties of things through handling etc
Assisted sensing = using other stimuli to change sensory experience/meanings

Question 2

Alain Corbin

Answer 2

Helps to read in between the lines of written history

Question 3

Sidney Mintz

Answer 3

Can highlight social/political/economic impact. Eg. taste. Can look at sugar and its impact. Chocolate and salt has been looked at too.

Question 4

George Roeder

Answer 4

Can increase understanding and cover more audiences of past

Question 5

George Simmel

Answer 5

Experiences of senses can change attitudes

Question 6

Sensory sources pros

Answer 6

Can link with physical place
A range of senses from different societies - one may favour one than another eg, may be heavily oral dependent.
More than 5 senses (temperature, pressure, balance)

Question 7

Sensory sources cons

Answer 7

Age, disability, ethnicity, gender can affect how senses are experienced
Groups can be excluded and can affect a place’s senses
Senses are constantly changing and open to that
Senses can be subjective.

Question 8

(Case Study) Sensory Cities - THINK KIT

Answer 8

Helps to develop methods and resources for researching, designing, curating and representing senses in the city. Involved artists and academics across Europe

Question 9

(Case Study) Sensory Smithfield

Answer 9

To capture sensory engagements & atmosphere in Smithfield Market.
Shows its identity and the changing ‘feel of place.’
Can use photographs, sound recording, oral history, observation notes and street scale maps to capture this.
Evokes a distinctive FEEL of a place