Recent Interventions in the Senses and Society: Authors Speak

This is an opportunity to celebrate three recent books of sensory scholarship, and to use them as the basis for a wider discussion of the current state and potential futures of sensory research in the social sciences. The three authors will each offer a brief overview of their book projects, and discussion will be opened first to the panel and then to the floor. The three books are:

Kelvin Low, Sensory Anthropology: Culture and Experience in Asia (Cambridge University Press)

Sarah Maslen, Learning to Hear: The Auditory Bases of Excellence in Practicing Medicine, Climbing Mountains, Making Music, and Communicating in Morse Code (Columbia University Press)

Mark Paterson, Affecting Touching: Neurobiology and Technological Applications (Cambridge University Press)