Sensory Roadmaps
How to Capture Sensory Detail in an Interview and Why Doing So Has Exciting Implications for Oral History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11077955 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Holly Werner-Thomas (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-115 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Oral History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0798 • E-ISSN: 1533-8592 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00940798.2022.2049586 |
| OpenAlex | W4220815357 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Humans perceive and understand the world through the five senses—smell, taste, hearing, touch, and sight. It is therefore worth interrogating whether—and how—we as oral historians are making full use of this fact. This article argues that focusing on sensory perception not only brings oral history alive but also gives us a means to gain insight into how people come to know and understand the world and how they engage with it, and that the best method to elicit detailed sensory perception is by asking questions within the space of the interview. Drawing on examples from practice, this article also illustrates the surprising ways in which this seemingly simple idea can give insight into everything from everyday experience to individual and collective consciousness
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Consciousness · Oral history · Perception · Sensory system · Sight · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Taste · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Neuroscience · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis · Psychology
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |