The Senses and Material Culture in a Global Perspective

The series aims to investigate paradigms of sensation in a global perspective, incorporating methods and tools derived from different disciplines including Sensory Studies, Material Culture Studies, and Disability Studies. It aims to bring together scholars to develop the notion of sensory agency of material objects and art through an interdisciplinary, combined examination of material and visual culture, sensory perception, and the social, cultural and moral values attributed to the senses. The series also seeks to develop notions of intrasensoriality and sensory diversity, acknowledging the variety of sensorial experiences. It adopts a transnational, global perspective, and a broad chronological framework, spanning from Prehistory until today.

Rather than promoting theoretical studies, it aims to encourage and welcome contributions rooted in the everyday lived experiences of individuals belonging to diverse social groups, categories and communities, including people with different ways of sensing. In this regard, the material culture of sensation will form a crucial part of the examination. Studies that focus on discourses on the senses in narrative and documentary texts, hence setting sensation against a broader interpretive background, will also be considered.