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Fashion fades, Chanel No. 5 remains: Epistemology between Style and Technology
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte ( IF 0.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 , DOI: 10.1002/bewi.202000006
Ann‐Sophie Barwich 1 , Matthew Rodriguez 2
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Perfumes embody a chemical record of style and technology. Blurring the boundary between what counts as natural and artificial in both a material and a perceptual sense, perfumery presents us with a domain of multiple disciplinary identities relevant to social studies: art, craft, and techno‐science. Despite its profound impact as a cultural practice, perfume has seldom featured in historical scholarship. The reason for this neglect is its inherently qualitative dimension: perfume cannot be understood via codified representation but requires direct acquaintance with its sensory and material basis. The historical study of perfumery thus necessitates an experimental approach that comes not without challenge. This article looks at contemporary recreations of old perfumes to identify the difficulties involved in the experimental recreation of fragrances as sensory and performative artifacts. We highlight the need for a reconceptualization of methodology for inconcrete objects of study as part of the broader interest in experimental approaches to the humanities.

中文翻译:

时尚消逝,香奈儿5号依然存在:风格与技术之间的认识论

香水体现了风格和技术的化学记录。在物质和感性意义上模糊了自然和人工之间的界限,香水向我们展示了与社会研究相关的多个学科身份的领域:艺术、工艺和技术科学。尽管香水作为一种文化实践有着深远的影响,但在历史研究中却很少出现。这种忽视的原因在于其固有的定性维度:无法通过编码表示来理解香水,但需要直接了解其感官和物质基础。因此,香水的历史研究需要一种并非没有挑战的实验方法。本文着眼于旧香水的当代再创作,以确定将香水实验性再创作为感官和表演人工制品所涉及的困难。我们强调需要重新定义非具体研究对象的方法论,作为对人文科学实验方法更广泛兴趣的一部分。
更新日期:2020-09-01
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