{"id":8416,"date":"2026-08-17T16:11:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/2026\/08\/17\/article-sensory-contact-zones-in-the-city\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:20:07","slug":"article-sensory-contact-zones-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/en\/2026\/08\/17\/article-sensory-contact-zones-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"[Article] Sensory Contact Zones in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: Kelvin E.Y. Low<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <em>Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/elements\/sensory-contact-zones-in-the-city\/0E5D4B0D5C86F3B09943D2FF1CE37C5F\">https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/elements\/sensory-contact-zones-in-the-city\/0E5D4B0D5C86F3B09943D2FF1CE37C5F<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abstract<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does it require to critically investigate our sensory engagement with urban living? How can one analytically study sensory behaviours of both human and animal actors? This Element explores how sensory encounters of smells and sounds in urban living shape human-animal relations in the city.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conceptually anchored upon the proposed notions of sensory contact zones and sensory citizenship, this study further highlights how smells and sounds may be subject to the purview of law and sensory jurisprudence. It conceptualises new modes of fostering and analysing these themes through interrogating a range of sensory interactions in historical and contemporary contexts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Kelvin E.Y. Low Source: Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/elements\/sensory-contact-zones-in-the-city\/0E5D4B0D5C86F3B09943D2FF1CE37C5F\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/elements\/sensory-contact-zones-in-the-city\/0E5D4B0D5C86F3B09943D2FF1CE37C5F<\/a> Abstract What does it require to critically investigate our sensory engagement with urban living? How can one analytically study sensory behaviours of both human and animal actors? 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