Ever more technologies are being created to sense our environment, and much is being learned about how animals and plants sense theirs.
We often think of these tools as extending our capacity for sensing what is not available through natural human perception. But what is “natural” about human perception? Not as much as was once believed, it turns out. Many of the contributors to LA+ SENSE consider how our senses have become naturalized, and our bodies and experiences standardized. Topics also include sense and surveillance, sense of place, and whether we can even trust our senses. Edited by Karen M’Closkey, contributors include Elena Abbiatici, Sarah Coleman, Tim Cresswell Lisa Yin Han, Ai Hisano, David Howes, Mark Kingwell, Jia Hui Lee, Gascia Ouzounian, Kris Paulsen, Sally Pusede, Erin Putalik, Douglas Robb, Chris Salter, Alexa Vaughn, Alexa Weik von Mossner, and Mark Peter Wright.
4 Editorial
Karen m'closkey
6 sense-certainty, identity, and the reality paradox
mark kingwell
14 TASTING THE CURE
SARAH COLEMAN
22 COLOR OF NATURE: CAPITALISM-TRAINED EYES AND
THE VISUAL APPETITE
AI HISANO
32 OLFACTORY SUBLIME
JIA HUI LEE
40 SMELL OF SURVEILLANCE
ELENA GIUliA ABBIATICI
46 aquatic living sensors and the making of
common sense
lisa yin han
52 listening to landscape
douglas robb
58 in conversation with mark peter wright
karen m'closkey
64 sensescapes
david howes
72 sense of smog
erin putalik + sally pusede
80 sensorimotor acts
chris salter
86 deaf experience: beyond ada standards
alexa vaughn
94 audible cartographies of power
gascia ouzounian
100 senses of place
tim cresswell
104 sensing imaginary landscapes
alexa weik von mossner
112 martian timeslips
kris paulsen
image credits
Upcoming Issues
Karen MCloskey is an associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvanias Weitzman School of Design and Editor in Chief of LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture.
Contributors: Elena Abbiatici, Sarah Coleman, Tim Cresswell, Lisa Han, Ai Hisano, David Howes, Mark Kingwell, Jia Hui Lee, Gascia Ouzounian, Kris Paulsen, Sally Pusede, Erin Putalik, Doug Robb, Chris Salter, Alexa Vaughn, Alexa Weik von Mossner, Mark Peter Wright.
