Abstract
A Pedagogy of Curiosity invites cross-disciplinary initiatives and collaboration to look at sensory possibilities in relation to urban planning, to learning in formal and informal situations, and to the ways we explore and understand our environment and ourselves and how we interact with each other. The project crosses disciplines, sectors, ages, cultures and geographical borders to test the nature, potential and performance of the embodied sense of smell as a means to immerse ourselves in the world more fully, to navigate the present and 'sniff out' the future. A Pedagogy of Curiosity encourages a new body of 21st sensory skills and competencies to emerge from that research. Building on previous experience in cross-disciplinary exchange and collaboration with international artists, scientists, educationalists, urban planers and policy makers, we will contextualise and discuss a proposal to create an experimental, participatory public laboratory for sensory, and olfactory perception in particular, in everyday life: The Olfact Lab. It forms part of a series of a Street of the Senses.
Keywords
Olfaction; sense perception; embodied experience; cross-disciplinarity, practice-based research
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/eksig2011.105
Citation
Benn, S.,and Mey, K.(2011) Olfact – On A Pedagogy of Curiosity ©, in Niedderer, K., Mey, K., Roworth-Stokes, S. (eds.), EKSIG 2011: Skin Deep - Experiential Knowledge & Multi-sensory Communication, 23–24 June 2011, Farnham, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.21606/eksig2011.105
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Olfact – On A Pedagogy of Curiosity ©
A Pedagogy of Curiosity invites cross-disciplinary initiatives and collaboration to look at sensory possibilities in relation to urban planning, to learning in formal and informal situations, and to the ways we explore and understand our environment and ourselves and how we interact with each other. The project crosses disciplines, sectors, ages, cultures and geographical borders to test the nature, potential and performance of the embodied sense of smell as a means to immerse ourselves in the world more fully, to navigate the present and 'sniff out' the future. A Pedagogy of Curiosity encourages a new body of 21st sensory skills and competencies to emerge from that research. Building on previous experience in cross-disciplinary exchange and collaboration with international artists, scientists, educationalists, urban planers and policy makers, we will contextualise and discuss a proposal to create an experimental, participatory public laboratory for sensory, and olfactory perception in particular, in everyday life: The Olfact Lab. It forms part of a series of a Street of the Senses.