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Betts, Eleanor
(2017).
URL: https://www.routledge.com/Senses-of-the-Empire-Mul...
Abstract
This chapter explores the extent to which phenomenology can be used to recover the sensory properties of Roman urban landscapes and material culture, and how these were experienced, with a focus on the embodied interrelationships of people, objects and places in ancient Rome. Sensory studies of Roman urban spaces and places give us a more complete understanding of lived experience, the social rhythms of the city and aspects of everyday life. The approach taken in the chapter is to focus on the sensations effected by sensory stimuli rather than on human emotional and intellectual perceptions, with the overall aim of increasing our understanding of social interactions in ancient Rome. Sensory artefacts are best reconstructed from material culture, and sites such as Pompeii and Vindolanda offer a wealth of artefacts for analysis. The chapter presents an example of text mining for sensory artefacts.
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- Item ORO ID
- 58904
- Item Type
- Book Section
- ISBN
- 1-4724-4629-1, 978-1-4724-4629-9
- Extra Information
- Single authored chapter in edited volume.
- Keywords
- Rome antiquities; Rome social life and customs; Senses and sensation; Social aspects; Rome History; Sensory studies; Social archaeology—Rome; Social archaeology—Methodology; Archaeology; Classical Studies; Social & Cultural History; Urban History
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Classical Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
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- © 2017 selection and editorial matter, Eleanor Betts; 2017 individual chapters, the contributors
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- Eleanor Betts