Pau Obrador-Pons
Biographic Data
| ID | 1634013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pau Obrador-Pons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pau |
| FAMILY NAME | Obrador-Pons |
| SIGNATURE | OBRADOR-PONS P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Building Castles in the Sand
This article develops insights into the haptic geographies of sandcastles and sunbathing. The aim is to produce a livelier account of the beach that incorporates a sense of performativity and enjoyment, breaking with the occulocentrism that dominates social sciences. While acknowledging the importance of vision, this paper affirms the centrality of touch and its significance in the production of feeling. My concern is with haptic articulations of…
A haptic geography of the beach
The beach and the naked body are a casualty of the idealism that dominates social sciences. Despite the resurgence of work on embodiment, very few accounts have actually explored the centrality of the body on the beach. Drawing on ethnographic research on the island of Menorca (Spain), this article focuses on practices of nudity on the beach. Instead of giving priority to the representation and meaning of nudity, I am primarily concerned with how…
A haptic geography of the beach
The beach and the naked body are a casualty of the idealism that dominates social sciences. Despite the resurgence of work on embodiment, very few accounts have actually explored the centrality of the body on the beach. Drawing on ethnographic research on the island of Menorca (Spain), this article focuses on practices of nudity on the beach. Instead of giving priority to the representation and meaning of nudity, I am primarily concerned with how…
Building Castles in the Sand
This article develops insights into the haptic geographies of sandcastles and sunbathing. The aim is to produce a livelier account of the beach that incorporates a sense of performativity and enjoyment, breaking with the occulocentrism that dominates social sciences. While acknowledging the importance of vision, this paper affirms the centrality of touch and its significance in the production of feeling. My concern is with haptic articulations of…
A haptic geography of the beach
The beach and the naked body are a casualty of the idealism that dominates social sciences. Despite the resurgence of work on embodiment, very few accounts have actually explored the centrality of the body on the beach. Drawing on ethnographic research on the island of Menorca (Spain), this article focuses on practices of nudity on the beach. Instead of giving priority to the representation and meaning of nudity, I am primarily concerned with how…
Building Castles in the Sand
This article develops insights into the haptic geographies of sandcastles and sunbathing. The aim is to produce a livelier account of the beach that incorporates a sense of performativity and enjoyment, breaking with the occulocentrism that dominates social sciences. While acknowledging the importance of vision, this paper affirms the centrality of touch and its significance in the production of feeling. My concern is with haptic articulations of…
Computer Science (2 works) · French Urban and Social Studies (2 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 works) · Haptic technology (2 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Ethnography (1 work)