Lost Sensoria: Anthropological Research on Sensory Experience in the Context of Multiculturalism

Keywords: sensorium, anthropology, multiculturalism

Abstract

Sensory experiences have generated a diverse sociological, anthropological and psychological literature. This paper illustrates an approach to the idea of lost sensoria and their social and cultural manifestations. Images of sensory expe­rience, postulated synchronicity of sensory processes and the concept of ethno­poetics constitute a theoretical basis for the concept of lost sensory experience.

Author Biography

Dariusz Grzonka, Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow

Cultural studies, religious studies scholar and histo­rian. Adjunct at the Institute of Cultural Studies of the Jesuit University Ignatianum in Cracow. His research interests are related to the research on somatic aspects of culture, rituals and sensory experiences in the world of multiculturalism. His work refers to anthropological issues, ethnogra­phy and ethnology.

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Published
2020-06-30
How to Cite
[1]
Grzonka, D. 2020. Lost Sensoria: Anthropological Research on Sensory Experience in the Context of Multiculturalism. Perspectives on Culture. 29, 2 (Jun. 2020), 173-190. DOI:https://doi.org/10.35765/pk.2020.2902.13.
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Areas of Cyberculture