Recent archaeological, historical, and ethnographical research has witnessed a phenomenon that can be called a sensory turn or even a sensual revolution with a growing number of publications aimed at sketching the sensory landscapes of past societies. In these recent studies, several methods to trace the ephemeral and already vanished sensory encounters have been developed from the more traditional approaches to more experimental ones.
The workshop Making sense of sensory studies aims to bring together the trailblazers of sensory studies in social sciences, archaeology, and history, for sharing the best methodological developments in recent sensory scholarship.
Helmi Järviluoma-Mäkelä (Cultural Studies, University of Eastern Finland, and Visiting Professor at Turku Institute of Advanced Studies)
William Tullett (Sensory History at the Anglia Ruskin University)
Jo Day (The School of Classics, University College Dublin)
9.00: Coffee
9.15: Opening words
Session 1
9.30: KEYNOTE William Tullett: The Molecular Commons: Writing Interspecies Sensory Histories in the Chemocene
10.30-12.00: Papers
12.00: Lunch at AIAS
Session 2
13.00 KEYNOTE Helmi Järviluoma-Mäkelä: Sensobiography as a mobile search for relational knowledge
Panel 2.A
14.00-16.00: Papers
16.00-16.15: Coffee break (for session 2.A in 1630.301)
15.45-17.15: Interactive presentations
Panel 2.B
14.00-15.30: Papers
15.30-15.45: Coffee break (for session 2.B in 1632.203)
15.45-17.15: Papers
Session 3
16.15-17.15 interactive presentations
Blind tasting & smelling exercises
17.15-17.45 Sensory walk
17.45.-19.00 Reception at AIAS (Room 1630.301)
19.15 Dinner for keynote speakers
9.15: Coffee
Session 4
9.30: KEYNOTE Jo Day Title: TBA
10.30-12.30 papers
12.30: Lunch at AIAS
Session 5
13.30-15.30 papers
15.30-16.00: Coffee break
Session 6
16.00-17.30 papers
17.45: Wine tasting at AIAS (AIAS hall)
The conference is open to all, researchers, students and industry and others interested in the topic. The places, however, are limited and registration (opened later this year) is necessary. There will be no registration fee, but we will organize a themed wine-tasting with a small fee.
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Read the full call for papers here.
The conference has received funding from the Carlsberg Foundation and AIAS.