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CALL FOR PAPERS
RGS-IBG: August 28 – 31, 2007 - Call for papers
Historical Geography Research Group
SENSES AND MEMORY
Thomas Barton, Royal Holloway, University of London
This session considers the complex relationship between memory and place
and the benefits of a focus on the senses and the multi-sensory
experiences of everyday life. Papers will consider the complex role
memory plays in the spatial reproduction and comprehension of the present
(and future); how each/all five senses might be used to understand the
relationship between the past and the present as it is articulated and
experienced in and through place; how notions of haunting, spectrality,
and the extra-sensory might aid our understanding of the relationship
between memory and place; historical geographies of neglected cultural
practices related to the senses (e.g. music, aural, culinary, or botanical
cultures).
Questions to consider might include:
•What is the importance of a multi-sensory approach to the geographies of
memory?
•In what ways might (multi-)sensory approaches intervene in the
production, comprehension, and experience of places of memory?
•What are the methodological issues of undertaking historical research
into and using each of the senses?
•What is the importance of a multi-sensory approach to the ‘immaterial
geographies’ of memory?
•Is there a sensory bias to the geographies of memory?
•Does an extra-sensory approach to memory alter our understanding of
place?
Key Words: Memory; Senses; Place; Immaterial Geographies
If you are interested in presenting a paper in this session, please submit
a title and abstract (of no more than 250 words) to Thomas Barton before
Friday 26th January 2007 ([log in to unmask]).
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