"New" senses in art: touch, smell, taste

Semefulness: a social semiotics of touch

by Anne Cranny-Francis

Sensing, Time and the Aural Imagination in Titian's Venus with Organist and Dog

by Marlene Eberhart

Published in 'Artibus et Historiae', 2012

Inner Senses—Outer Senses: The Practice of Emotions in Medieval Mysticism

by Niklaus Largier

Rhetorik des Begehrens. Die Unterscheidung der Geister'als Paradigma mittelalterlicher Subjektivität

by Niklaus Largier

Globalization or the Journey of the Disembodied towards Tactility (essay in Bengali language)

by Abhijit Roy

Montage, issue 6, November 2005

A political economy approach towards Globalization, the networked world and the new sense of 'geography', the emerging... more A political economy approach towards Globalization, the networked world and the new sense of 'geography', the emerging political significance of the new media. Looks into how the image and the sound aspire to be tactile as part of Capitalism's larger politics of presenting the de-territorialized network as sufficiently intimate and 'corporeal', how, in other words, the sign increasingly tries to appropriate the 'referent' in the new configuration of 'distance' and 'proximity'. The over-arching structure of this agency however has many aporias. I surely would have written the essay differently now, especially after the 'Arab Spring' and the 'velvet revolution', without changing the basic argument.

conference_transgressing visuality

by Agata Stanisz

Thesis: At Home in the Museum

by Laura Haapio-Kirk

This thesis investigates the effect of touch on learning in the museum. A gap in understanding about the learning... more This thesis investigates the effect of touch on learning in the museum. A gap in understanding about the learning outcomes of tactile interaction provided the stimulus. The study uses observational and interview data gathered in both a highly tactile museum environment and one which was predominantly visual.

The results indicate that touch has important implications for learning about the form and function of objects. Touch is also seen to encourage a sense of informal interaction, which breaks with traditional museum rules, in effect making visitors ‘at home’ in the museum. This implies that increasing opportunities for touch may be a way for museums to promote inclusion and benefit learning.

Place, Place Identity, and Phenomenology

by David Seamon

A chapter in The Role of Place Identity in the Perception, Understanding, and Design of the Built Environment, Hernan Casakin, Ombretta Romice, & Sergio Porta, editors. London: Betham Science Publishers, 2011. © 2011 David Seamon.

As recent phenomenological studies have demonstrated (Casey 1997, 2009; Malpas 1999, 2006; Mugerauer 2008; Stefanovic... more As recent phenomenological studies have demonstrated (Casey 1997, 2009; Malpas 1999, 2006; Mugerauer 2008; Stefanovic 2000), the phenomenon of place is a multivalent structure sophisticated and complex in its existential constitution. In this chapter, I offer one phenomenological vantage point from which to examine this lived complexity. I contend that, as an integral structure of human life, place can be understood in terms of three dimensions: first, the geographical ensemble—i.e., the material environment, including both its natural and human-made dimensions; second, people-in-place, including individual and group actions, intentions, and meanings; and, third, spirit of place, or genius loci.

Drawing on the conceptual approach of “systematics” developed by the British philosopher J. G. Bennett, I argue that these three dimensions can engage in six different ways, each of which relates to one particular lived mode whereby place contributes to human life. These six modes are: (1) place interaction; (2) place identity; (3) place creation; (4) place intensification; (5) place realization; and (6) place release.

I argue that place identity is important for understanding the nature of place but is complemented by other modes of relationship that together help clarify the complexity and richness of place and place experience.

THE CORRESPONDENCES BETWEEN SOUND AND LIGHT AND COLOUR-MUSIC: SKB "PROMETEI"

by Paulo Quadros

Enhancing Access to Finance for SMEs in Post Conflict Environments

by Melody Atil

Draft only

The purpose of this report is to break new ground in enhancing access to finance for small and medium enterprises... more The purpose of this report is to break new ground in enhancing access to finance for small and medium enterprises operating in countries recovering from civil strife. This paper presents an that alternative lending methodology that would be more effective in reducing risk and informational asymmetry despite the informality of post conflict systems, hence enabling the short run scaled provision of finance to small and medium sized firms. Results are based on the experimental application of innovative techniques in South Sudan. The model that has been proven to function is a balanced solution involving backward linkages from thriving sectors through the direct allocation of purchase contracts, equipment finance and business advice. This is a key result as it means that the jobs and income generating opportunity can be provided to scale in the short run despite the informality of post conflict environment, whilst institutions and systems are formalized for long-term growth. The coordinated funding of programs that adopt such measures would achieve significant short run impact in complex and still largely informal environments such as post-conflict South Sudan.

Investing in Local Content - A strategy to promote local economy in South Sudan through investment

by Melody Atil

With rich resources and an untapped consumer market, South Sudan holds great potential for investment. However, the... more With rich resources and an untapped consumer market, South Sudan holds great potential for investment. However, the short run challenge lies in solutions that can connect the current skills and capacities of the local population to thriving sectors including: petroleum, construction, catering, accommodation, trade and procurement. South Sudanese have trouble accessing such business opportunities due to the lack of capital, as well as their weak client connections and technical skills. Given current limitations, backward linkages from such booming sectors present an interesting alternative for South Sudanese to benefit from current market opportunities. Along these lines, a “local content” rating and reward system could be instrumental in helping foreign investors engage further with the local economy, whilst a “local content” small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) fund would be helpful in promoting local job creation, enhancing income along the value chain and developing a competitive local industry as well as a balanced middle class.

To Touch the Image: Embodying Christ in the Bernward Gospels

by Jennifer Kingsley

published in Peregrinations (2010)

Touch in the age of war - "The Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus" by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Breughel the Elder

by Agata Morka

The Man With the Hypnotic Eyes, Frances Barrett

by Charlotte Farrell

Performance review of Frances Barrett's 'The Man with the Hypnotic Eyes' written for Das 500.

Smell and the Urban Environment

by Victoria Henshaw

This piece (pages 61-64 of these conference proceedings) was presented in poster format as part of the 'Designing Soundscape for Sustainable Urban Development' held in Stockholm, Sweden Sept 30th - Oct 1st, 2010.

Tensions ...in the making

by henrik svarrer larsen

Paper at SIDeR'08

Ambiguity is explored as an interpretative resource in the SoundsCape, a design for casual collective rhythm-making... more Ambiguity is explored as an interpretative resource in the SoundsCape, a design for casual collective rhythm-making consisting of intelligent responsive surfaces. Four interactions (joining, involvement, countering, mingling) are analyzed as a reflection of the design process including testing on a Lo-Fi prototype with an African drum teacher. The inherent tensions in these interactions are suggested to be core qualities of the design.

Bodily Awareness: An Exploration in Critical Design

by henrik svarrer larsen

by Daniel Brynolf, Vanessa Carpenter, Mads Hobye, Henrik Svarrer Larsen

There exists a routine in most people’s lives wherein they
wake, work, and sleep with few activities in between... more There exists a routine in most people’s lives wherein they
wake, work, and sleep with few activities in between those
main moments. During this routine, typical behaviors occur
wherein the participants are completely numb to the activities
that they are completing each day, they are so used
to doing them that they no longer are aware of their movements.
Work and everyday life is so typical that people feel
the need to exercise to offset their lack of movement, their
typical actions. Assuming this situation, we seek to explore
how everyday bodily attention and movement can be challenged,
and made aware. If there is a possibility that we can
make people aware of their full body movements, we can
therefore create the tendency for people to become more explorative
in their daily lives. We explore concepts of the
body-mind disconnect, introduce elements of curiosity and
examine unawareness of body.
We developed a process of research wherein we conducted
initial research observations, a series of low, mid and high fi
prototypes, body movement workshops, and cultural probes
to examine how people experience bodily awareness.