Doing Sensory Ethnography

Doing Sensory Ethnography responds to a recent an explosion of interest in the senses across the social sciences.

Sarah Pink suggests re-thinking the ethnographic process through reflexive attention to what she terms the ′sensoriality′ of the experience, practice and knowledge of both researchers and those who participate in their research. The book provides an accessible discussion and analysis of the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of doing sensory ethnography, drawing on examples and case studies from the growing literature on sensory ethnographic studies, and from the author′s own work.

Doing Sensory Ethnography is the first book to concentrate on outlining a sensory ethnographic methodology. It will be of great interest to researchers and students from all disciplines interested in enriching their ethnographic work through a focus on the senses.