The Embodied Mind: Building on Wacquant’s Carnal Sociology

This essay responds to Wacquant’s call for a “Carnal Sociology”—an approach best realized through a method Wacquant calls “enactive ethnography.” In this essay, I explore the ways in which certain aspects of Wacquant’s carnal sociology—specifically the sentient, the sedimented and the situated—can e...

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Published in:Qualitative sociology 2015-03, Vol.38 (1), p.33-38
Main Author: Cerulo, Karen A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Body
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cross Cultural Psychology
Culture
Embodiment
Ethnography
Meaning
Mind
Personality and Social Psychology
Smell
Social research
Social Sciences
Sociology
Wacquant, Loïc
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Summary:This essay responds to Wacquant’s call for a “Carnal Sociology”—an approach best realized through a method Wacquant calls “enactive ethnography.” In this essay, I explore the ways in which certain aspects of Wacquant’s carnal sociology—specifically the sentient, the sedimented and the situated—can enhance our understanding of cognition and meaning-making. I reference an ongoing research project on the deciphering of olfactory messages to make my case.
ISSN:0162-0436
1573-7837
DOI:10.1007/s11133-014-9296-6