Sensing ‘race’, whiteness and the nation: sonic and olfactory experiments through text and spaces of Berlin
This project will open new research frontiers in cultural studies by exploring how 'race' is produced through the sonic, olfactory and spatial by mobilising a novel methodological approach. Space and the senses are seldom explicitly employed to understand how processes of racialisation and the concomitant struggle to belong operates; omitting these affective dimensions of boundary drawing limits how we can theorise and understand these phenomena. This exploratory project interdisciplinary combines geographical, urban, postcolonial and migration studies and methods to a.) spatialise key texts in the German critical 'race' and whiteness studies canon using interactive graphic maps that span local, national and international scales; and b.) experiment with sensory participatory walking methodologies in Berlin's Wedding district to highlight the role of the spatial, sonic and olfactory in 'race'-making processes. This will reveal innovative ways to approach and theorise racialisation, whiteness and multiculture in Germany.
- Keywords
- Race, Methodology, Sociology
- Duration
- 12/01/2022 - 05/31/2024
- University institutions
- Interdisziplinäres Europaforschungszentrum (ICES), Seminar für Soziologie
Key facts
Responsible
Partner
- Christy Kulz
Financing
Volkswagen Stiftung