This document is the course outline for a class titled "Culture, Embodiment and the Senses" taught in Fall 2005 at MIT by Professor James Erica. The course examined how different cultures experience and understand the world through sensory experiences and embodied practices, and explored topics like taste, smell, touch, pain and pleasure from an anthropological perspective.
This document is the course outline for a class titled "Culture, Embodiment and the Senses" taught in Fall 2005 at MIT by Professor James Erica. The course examined how different cultures experience and understand the world through sensory experiences and embodied practices, and explored topics like taste, smell, touch, pain and pleasure from an anthropological perspective.
This document is the course outline for a class titled "Culture, Embodiment and the Senses" taught in Fall 2005 at MIT by Professor James Erica. The course examined how different cultures experience and understand the world through sensory experiences and embodied practices, and explored topics like taste, smell, touch, pain and pleasure from an anthropological perspective.