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Week 7: Synaethesia
Session 13: Sensory cross-over Can you hear colors? Can you see tastes? At this point in the course we have seen multiple cases in which one [...]
Week 6: Touch
Session 11: The haptic What does it meant to know something through touch? And is our experience of ‘images’ only through sight, or do [...]
Week 5: Sight
Session 09: What does it mean ‘to see’? How does sight work? Is it possible to see without being seen? Is there a realm of visuality or [...]
Week 4: Sound
Vocabulary śabda dhvani sphoṭa vāc svara śruti nāda ākāśa rāga tāla kirtan Session 07: What is sound, actually? What is ‘sound [...]
Week 3: Smell
Vocabulary olfaction gandha bū Session 05: What and where is smell? In this session we will chase after the most elusive of the senses: sme [...]
Week 2: Taste
Vocabulary rasa rasāyaṇa lazzat rasika adab commensality prasāda ucchiṣṭa caste vaṛna jāti affect Session 03: What is taste? We b [...]
Week 1: Making sense of senses
Vocabulary Each week we will discuss certain key terms. Make sure to note these terms and familiarize yourself with their meanings as you re [...]
Welcome to the Sensoriums of South Asia
SALC 260751/SIGN 26075 Step into the sensorium… What is a ‘sense’? How do we attune, organize, coordinate, and interpret our sense [...]
Schedule and assignments
SALC 260751/SIGN 26075 Tue/Thu 2:40 – 4:00 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-6) Please note that the instructor may make minor changes to the [...]