A Sensory Education takes a close look at how sensory awareness is
learned and taught in expert and everyday settings around the world.
Anna Harris shows that our sensing is not innate or acquired, but in
fact evolves through learning that is shaped by social and material
relations. The chapters feature diverse sources of sensory education,
including field manuals, mannequins, cookbooks and flavour charts. The
examples range from medical training and forest bathing to culinary and
perfumery classes. Offering a valuable guide to the uncanny and
taken-for-granted ways in which adults are trained to improve their
senses, this book will be of interest to disciplines including
anthropology and sociology as well as food studies and sensory studies.
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license.