David Howes

David Howes is a Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University, and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law at McGill University, Montreal. He has conducted field research on the cultural life of the senses in the Middle Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, Northwestern Argentina, and the Southwestern United States. He recently wrapped up a project on “Law and the Regulation of the Senses” and is currently directing a project entitled “Explorations in Sensory Design” in addition to collaborating with new media artist Christopher Salter to produce a series of performance/installation artworks that re-arrange the senses. His latest publications include Ways of Sensing: Understanding the Senses in Society (2014) co-authored with Constance Classen, and the four-volume Senses and Sensation: Critical and Primary Sources compendium (2018). “The Sensory Studies Manifesto: Tracking the Sensorial Revolution in the Creative Arts and Human Sciences” is forthcoming from The University of Toronto Press. Lastly, David is the Managing Editor of the journal The Senses and Society.