History of the Senses: Video Essay Gallery

What was the significance of being within 'earshot' to colonial Americans?

How has the concept of 'noise' been understood in different times and places?.

Learn more about changing soundscapes in America and how sounds have been redefined.

Does film have the power to change perceptions?

Have new visual technologies changed the way we think about time and space?

Learn more about how the perception of vision has changed, beginning with 19th century optical devices.

Touch. Currently under construction.

Smell. Currently in under construction.

How did changes in transportation change the American pallette?

Learn more about taste.