Touching the Unknown

Sensory Dissonance as a Means of Challenging Embodied Comfort Zones

Authors

  • Kadri Liis Rääk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/nts.v36i1.152973

Keywords:

Touch, affect theory, affective atmospheres, phenomenology, sensory dissonance

Abstract

TBD

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Published

2025-02-08

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Rääk, K. L. (2025). Touching the Unknown: Sensory Dissonance as a Means of Challenging Embodied Comfort Zones. Nordic Theatre Studies, 36(1), 5–28. https://doi.org/10.7146/nts.v36i1.152973

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Vol. 36 No. 1 (2024): Theatre and Displeasure

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