Tomie Hahn Libros

Engaging with sensory experience provides a gateway to the contemplation and cultivation of creativity and ideas. Tomie Hahn's workshopping recipes encourage us to incorporate sensory-rich experiences into our research, creative processes, and understanding of people. The exercises recognize that playfulness allows for a loosening of self while increasing empathy and vulnerability. Their ability to spark sensory endeavors that reach into our deepest core offers potentially profound impacts on art making, research, ethnographic fieldwork, contemplation, philosophical or personal introspections, and many other activities. Designed to be flexible, these living recipes provide an avenue for performative adventures that invite us to improvise in ways suited to our own purposes or settings. Leaders and practitioners enjoy limitless arenas for using the senses for explorations that range from personally transformative to professionally productive to profoundly moving. User-friendly and practical, Arousing Sense is a guide to how teaching through sensory experience can lead to positive, transformative impact in the classroom and everyday life.

Exploring the intricate relationship between traditional dance and cultural identity, this ethnography delves into how bodily knowledge shapes community practices and personal expression. It highlights the significance of movement as a means of storytelling and cultural transmission, while also examining the social and historical contexts that influence these art forms. Through vivid descriptions and personal narratives, the work reveals the deep connections between dance, memory, and the embodiment of cultural heritage.