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Described by Aristotle as the most vital of senses, touch contains both the physical and the metaphysical in its ability to express the determination of being. To manifest itself, touch makes a movement outwards, beyond the body, and relies on a specific physical involvement other senses do not require: to touch is already to be active and to activate. This fundamental ontology makes touch the most essential of all senses. This volume in the Law and the Senses series attempts to illuminate and reconsider the complex and interflowing relations and contradictions between the tactful intrusion of the law and the untactful movement of touch. Compelling contributors from arts, literature and social science disciplines alongside artist presentations explore touch's boundaries and formal and informal 'laws' of the senses. Each contribution unveils a multi-faceted new dimension to the force of touch, its ability to form, deform and reform what it touches. In unique ways, each of the several contributions to this volume recognises the trans-corporeality of touch to traverse the boundaries on the body and entangle other bodies and spaces, thus challenging the very notion of corporeal integrity and human being.

Senses and sensation.

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Described by Aristotle as the most vital of senses, touch contains both the physical and the metaphysical in its ability to express the determination of being. To manifest itself, touch makes a movement outwards, beyond the body, and relies on a specific physical involvement other senses do not require: to touch is already to be active and to activate. This fundamental ontology makes touch the most essential of all senses. This volume in the Law and the Senses series attempts to illuminate and reconsider the complex and interflowing relations and contradictions between the tactful intrusion of the law and the untactful movement of touch. Compelling contributors from arts, literature and social science disciplines alongside artist presentations explore touch's boundaries and formal and informal 'laws' of the senses. Each contribution unveils a multi-faceted new dimension to the force of touch, its ability to form, deform and reform what it touches. In unique ways, each of the several contributions to this volume recognises the trans-corporeality of touch to traverse the boundaries on the body and entangle other bodies and spaces, thus challenging the very notion of corporeal integrity and human being.

Senses and sensation.

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The Archaeology of Senses and the Archaeology of Emotions are two most interesting recent trends in the modern studies about the past, aiming at enlightening the human experience of the archaeological remains and artefacts, which are usually studied per se or in their (inter)connections. Scholars of the ancient Near East from different disciplines ? archaeology, history and philology ? try to understand how people were presumed to react, or how they reacted in reality, using spaces, and looking at or using artefacts. 0The volume presents the proceedings of a congress focusing mainly on the use of the five traditional senses, and trying to analyze how each of them might have played a role in specific ancient contexts: The use of sight was common in the rituals of kingship at Ebla and in the choice of specific places for settlements in the southern Levant. The use of hearing was an important aspect in the rites taking place in one of the main 3rd millennium BC temples of Ebla or in the open air sanctuaries of Anatolia, whereas specific words for the definition of sounds are detectable in Sumerian and Akkadian texts. Special foods and beverages were used during ceremonies involving taste and smell ? at the same time smell affects both private and public spaces ? and archaeological evidence (e.g. sewage systems) shows how this issue has been managed and controlled. Small every-day use objects might have had also tactile properties; senses convey emotions and this aspect can be reconstructed from Mesopotamian texts. A peculiar perspective is provided by the analysis of the relation between public and artefacts in museums.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Senses and sensation --- Antiquities. --- Senses and sensation. --- Middle East --- Middle East. --- Antiquities --- History

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Most of our everyday life experiences are multisensory in nature; that is, they consist of what we see, hear, feel, taste, smell, and much more. Almost any experience you can think of, such as eating a meal or going to the cinema, involves a magnificent sensory world. In recent years, many of these experiences have been increasingly transformed and capitalised on through advancements that adapt the world around us - through technology, products, and services - to suit our ever more computerised environment. Multisensory Experiences: Where the senses meet technology looks at this trend and offers a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic world of multisensory experiences and design. It takes the reader from the fundamentals of multisensory experiences, through the relationship between the senses and technology, to finally what the future of those experiences may look like, and our responsibility in it. This book empowers you to shape your own and other people's experiences by considering the multisensory worlds that we live in through a journey that marries science and practice. It also shows how we can take advantage of the senses and how they shape our experiences through intelligent technological design. (Provided by publisher)

#SBIB:309H1720 --- #SBIB:309H103 --- Informatiekunde, informatie management --- Mediatechnologie / ICT / digitale media: sociale en culturele aspecten --- Human-computer interaction. --- Senses and sensation --- User-centered system design. --- Senses and sensation. --- Technological innovations. --- Senses and sensation - Technological innovations.

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Die sog. Parva naturalia ("Kleine naturwissenschaftliche Schriften") des Aristoteles sind eine erst nach dem Tode des Autors zusammengestellte Gruppe kleinerer Traktate über bestimmte übergreifende Einzelfragen zur Physiologie des menschlichen und des Tierkörpers. Wie funktionieren die verschiedenen Wahrnehmungsorgane, warum schlafen Tiere und Menschen, warum träumen sie im Schlaf, kann man Träume als Vorausdeutung der Zukunft benutzen, warum haben unterschiedliche Tierarten unterschiedliche natürliche Lebensspannen, was geschieht mit dem Körper, wenn er altert, wozu brauchen höhere Tierarten und der Mensch die Atmung? All diese Fragen werden zum Teil auch in anderen biologischen Schriften des Aristoteles behandelt, sind aber in den Parv. nat. thematisch zusammengeführt als Funktionen, die sich aus dem Faktum der Beseeltheit des lebendigen Organismus ergeben. Insofern schließen die Parv. nat. besonders eng an die Schrift De anima an, bieten aber vielfach konkretere, biologisch-mechanische Erklärungen an, die interessante Aufschlüsse über die Erklärungsmodelle des Stagiriten geben. Zum einen befassen sich die hier versammelten Beiträge mit einzelnen Problemen, die sich aus den Darstellungen der Körperfunktionen ergeben (z. B. die spannende Frage nach der Natur des Lichts im Rahmen der Wahrnehmungslehre, nach der Rolle der Atmung in einer Zeit, die weder einen Begriff noch eine genaue Vorstellung von Gasen hatte). Aber auch seit langem strittige Fragen über den Zusammenhang der Parv. nat. mit den übrigen biologischen Schriften des Aristoteles werden behandelt und neue Lösungsvorschläge dafür angeboten. So scheint es, dass die Zusammenstellung dieser Schriftengruppe erheblich früher erfolgte als man bisher annahm. Schließlich wird auch die Rezeption bei den frühen Kommentatoren (Alexander von Aphrodisias) und im Italien des 16. Jhs eingehender untersucht. Damit werden die lange Zeit etwas vernachlässigten Parv. nat. stärker in den Fokus der Forschung gerückt und mit zahlreichen neuen Ergebnissen eingehend untersucht.

Philosophy, Ancient. --- Senses and sensation --- Psychology --- Early works to 1800. --- Early works to 1850. --- Aristotle.