Multisensory Methods Class

Field Class with guest lecturer Marie Duchêne

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In my advanced qualitative methods class this winter term, we took the classroom to the city and explored the multisensory city walk as a research method. I am delighted to have been joined by my colleague Marie Duchêne who, together with other students and colleagues, developed a guide for this method recently published in Sub\Urban. The guide prompted us to slow down and observe our surroundings with all the senses - closing our eyes and listening to the sounds around us, touching infrastructure, tasting local specialities, and reflecting how these sensory impressions actively shape our impression of the city. It was a great experience of hands-on learning and I was delighted to read many term papers exploring sensory methods for their research questions. The guide and further readings can be found in the paper:

Akyildiz, Aylin, Tanja Beier, Marie Duchêne (2025): Spazierend die Stadt erforschen?! Potenziale des Stadtspaziergangs für ko-kreative Forschung. Sub\Urban: Zeitschrift für kritische Stadtforschung, Bd. 12 Nr. 2/3, S. 393-407. https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v13i2/3.1057