Multisensorische Landschaften: die Bedeutung des Nicht Visuellen bei der sozialen und individuellen Konstruktion  von Landschaft und Herausforderungen für ihre Erfassung  und Wiedergabe

Kühne, Olaf; Edler, Dennis

doi:10.48711/20250127-001

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Multisensorische Landschaften : die Bedeutung des Nicht Visuellen bei der sozialen und individuellen Konstruktion von Landschaft und Herausforderungen für ihre Erfassung und Wiedergabe

Within constructivist landscapes research, social constructivist approaches are particularly suitable for investigating non-visual dimensions of landscapes. This especially refers to the auditory and olfactory dimensions, but also to the (only hardly addressed) haptic and gustatory dimensions. Different academic disciplines have established standardised methods to gain data on the perception of non-visual landscape elements. Natural sciences and engineering technology allow (quantitative) measurements of some aspects of these dimensions, such as loudness and odour intensities, often leading to interpretations of noise and odour nuisance. Extending this very “narrow” treatment of auditory and olfactory levels of landscape, spatial sciences, especially human geography, have suggested some first approaches to acquire a bigger picture on the social construction of perceived multisensory landscapes. These field methods (“sensewalking”, including “soundwalks” and “smellwalks”) still lack a clear methodological base and proper ways of presenting the outcomes. This paper discusses some present and future challenges of dealing with multisensory landscapes in social constructivist landscape research.