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Proposed Working Session: Translations and Transformations
of Sensual Experiences in Oceania This working session continues the informal session "Anthropology of the Senses in Oceania" (Charlottesville 2007). Participants had carried out, or were planning, empirical research on synaesthesia or the different senses in their specific context. They are interested in such topics as the idea of a "fifth taste" as a culturally constructed combination of tastes and textures (Gene Ammarell); the changing cultural domain of smell, social relations, and consumption (Bettina Beer); sensory perceptions of oceanographic phenomena used in navigation in the Marshall Islands (Joseph Genz); and the conversion of one sensory modality into another in ideal aesthetic experiences among the Iatmul (Eric K. Silverman). Participants are asked to send abstracts to the organizer by October 15, 2008. All papers for the working session will be precirculated and should be submitted by December 15, 2008. One reviewer will be assigned for each paper; that person will also act as the paper's discussant at the meeting. Bettina Beer, Institut fur Ethnologie, Universitat Heidelberg, Sandgasse 7, 69117 Heidelberg, GERMANY; <Beer.Fischer@t-online.de> |
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