Centralidad de los sentidos

Abstract

The field of sensory studies is an academic discipline still under development; that said, a number of contributions from several social sciences have begun to configure a body of relevant knowledge. When we imagine city life as a sensory experience a number of questions arise with regard to the preponderance of one sense over the others, or indeed, with regard to the way the senses are socially structured; these in turn give rise to questions about differentiation in senses’ use and signification. The present text explores this thematic based on an in-depth interview and outings with a blind person in downtown Mexico City. From this testimony we discover the importance of the sensible world in which the movements take place. Orientation strategies, sensible memory and creating sequential mental maps are key to movement, as are textures, smells and sounds. We can therefore believe in the existence of a sensory order upon which outings and interactions are structured. Narratives of getting around are also important to the degree that they lend form to experience, make it communicable and define their narrator.

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